Open adoption to unmarried couples or even lower the minimum age required for parents. These are the objectives defended by the LREM bill that Parliament is preparing to approve definitively this Tuesday, by a final vote of the deputies. The National Assembly, which has the last word, must validate at the end of the day the proposal of MP Monique Limon, which dates back to mid-2020 and is part of a series of societal markers at the end of Emmanuel Macron's five -year term. .
Flagship measure, the opening of full adoption to PACS couples or cohabitants must put an end to "discrimination relating to the rules of union or homoparenthood ", considers Coralie Dubost (LREM). Currently, only one member of the couple can adopt the child. The bill also lowers the minimum age required for each adopter, from 28 to 26 years. And the minimum duration of community life is reduced from two to one year. One or other of these conditions is required to apply for accreditation.
The text also aims to improve the functioning of family councils, supervisory bodies of the wards of the State in the departments. The family council will only include one member selected for his skills in the medical, psychological or social field, instead of two child protection experts.
Discussions were lively on a provision which will open up the possibility, for couples of women who have had recourse to medically assisted procreation (PMA) abroad and since separated, to the woman who has not given birth to adopt the child despite the opposition of the mother. This "tinkering" that can lead to "forced adoptions", according to the right, has displeased even the MoDem, an ally of LREM.
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