International Adoption Reform - Law to reform adoption comes into force

Prohibition of individual adoptions

Individual international adoptions are prohibited . This provision is immediately applicable.

Henceforth, all candidates for adoption holding approval, a mandatory prerequisite for any process, must be accompanied by an organization authorized for adoption (OAA) or by the French Adoption Agency (AFA) in their international adoption procedures, including in the case of intra-family adoptions.

A derogation is provided for candidates for adoption holding an authorization valid on February 22, 2022 (date of publication of the law), and whose adoption file has been registered with the Mission of the international adoption (MAI) no later than August 22, 2022 (within six months after the promulgation of the law).

If you find yourself in this situation, the MAI invites you to register as soon as possible .

However, it is strongly recommended that you contact an OAA or the AFA , even if your situation allows you to benefit from this derogation from the law, in order to be well advised and accompanied and to increase the chances of success. your adoption plan.

Mandatory post-adoption follow-up

The law establishes support for a period of one year , from the arrival of the child in the home of the adoptive parents. This follow-up will be carried out by the OAA or, failing that, by the child welfare service. This period may be extended if the adopters so request or if they have undertaken to do so with the State of origin.

This compulsory accompaniment does not concern the situations of adoption of the child of the spouse, or of the partner bound by a civil pact of solidarity, or of the cohabiting partner.