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Legislation for inter-country adoption in Kindgom of Sweden
I. INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PROCESS IN SWEDEN
REQUIREMENTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS
Candidate-adopters must be 21 years old or 18 years old, if the adoption is related with biological child in accordance Art.1 of Sweden Code for parental responsibilities and guardianship.
In accordance to Art.1 of Sweden Code for parental responsibilities and guardianship the adoptive parents must be at least 25 years old or 18 years old, if the adoption is related to biological child or whit the adopted child of one of the parents or other special conditions.
There are no requirements from the Law for age deference between the adoptive parent and adopted child, but the adoptive parents must be at the age of the biological parents of the adopted child. There is a practice, when the candidate-adopters are at age over 43 or 44 years the Social Commissions don’t give approval for adoption.
Married adoptive parents can adopt at the same time except in cases when one of the married couple lives at unknown address or has serious mental disorder (Art.3 Code for parental responsibilities and guardianship)
II. INTERNATIONAL ACTS AND REGULATION OF SWEDEN
INTERNATIONAL ACTS
Sweden ratified the Hague Convention on 29 May, 1993 on Protection and Cooperation in respect of international adoption on 1 September, 1997 according to Art.1 of the Act as a result of accession to the Hague Convention on 29 May, 1993.
REGULATION OF SWEDEN
Sweden Legislation concerning adoption of a child who is foreign citizen from person who is Swedish citizen is containing in the following acts:
- Act on social services;
- Sweden Code for parental responsibilities and guardianship;
- Act on inter-country law relations in react of adoption;
- Act as a result of accession to the Hague Convention on children protection and cooperation in the field of inter-country adoption;
- Act in mediation in inter-country adoptions;
- Act on adoptive parents from a foreign country;
- Act on Swedish citizenship;
- Regulation with instructions on Swedish National Council on international adoption;
- Regulation for adoption determination made in foreign countries;