New adoption law limits time children stay in care
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the 3rd of August 2009, sanctioned a new Adoption Law. With the new rules, children and teenagers cannot be in care or in shelters for longer than two years, only if authorised expressly by the Courts. Shelters need to be within proximity of the child’s family.
Now, everyone over the age of 18, even if they are single, are eligible to adopt a child or teenager. The only restriction is that the person adopting is at least sixteen years older than the child.
Couples that want to adopt a child need to be legally married or maintain a stable civil union. Adoption for same sex couples is not permitted. To read the rest of this article click here
This information was taken from the law Nº 12.010 sanctioned by the President of the Republic as registered in the Diário Oficial da União.
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