Adoption eines ausländischen Kindes Beschluss

You can adopt not only a German child but also a foreign one. The family court decides on this and requires a notarised application.

In the case of a national adoption, not only children with German but also with foreign citizenship can be adopted. Although it is an adoption with foreign contact of the child, the adoption order is pronounced by a German family court. The decisive factor in the adoption of a foreign child is that the parties involved (adoptive parents and adopted child) have their habitual residence in Germany.

For an adoption procedure, the following documents are required in particular:

• Notarized adoption application
• Declarations of consent
• Birth certificate of the child
• Marriage certificate of the adopter
• Certificates of nationality of the parties concerned
• Registration certificates of the parties concerned
• Health certificates of the parties involved
• police clearance certificate of the adopter
• Proof of income of the adopters

The family court may request additional documents.

The basic prerequisite for the adoption of a child is that it serves the best interests of the child and that the emergence of a parent-child relationship can be predicted.

Minor adoption is only possible if the child is not yet 18 years old when the adoption is given.

Further prerequisites are the ability of the adopters to be parents for this child, an appropriate adoption care period and the existence of the declarations of consent of the parties involved.

There are costs for the notarization of the notarial application and the issuance of the documents.

The adoption requires a notarized application, which must be submitted to the family court. If the family court pronounces the adoption, the child acquires the legal status of a joint child of the adoptive parents. With the adoption order, the relationship of the child to his biological parents and relatives expires.

The processing time depends on the family court.

The application for adoption by minors should be submitted in good time before the child reaches the age of majority.

The adoption order issued is not subject to appeal.

Please contact a notary for the notarial application. The applications must be notarised there and forwarded to the competent family court. The adoption agencies are at your disposal as contact persons.

The adoption order is issued by the competent family court.