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It is a legal process that has an objective to protect abandoned children.

It is the possibility of being able to provide a family to a child that, for various reasons, cannot live with its biological parents.

It turns the adopted child into the son or daughter, and those who are adopting into parents, assuming all of the rights and obligations which it entails.

It is a free, voluntary and irrevocable act whereby - if things are not going well - the child cannot be “returned”. If this were to happen, it would be the same as with biological children in a situation of abandonment, legally punishable by law.

It is a mature, sensible and responsible act, not only answering to a true wish of parenthood, but also providing for the biological children and the adoptive children.

Colombia, being the same as many Latin American countries, suffers from a political and social situation which is sometimes complicated and dragging behind, therefore, creating a huge image of a distorted lack of safety that does not correspond with reality. It is, in any case, a good country to adopt, since THE PROCESS IS DEVELOPING WITHIN A SERIOUS, CLEAR AND STRICTLY LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND WITH DEPTH AND CARING RESPECT TOWARDS THE CHILDREN.

To be at least 25 years old. In the case of partners, it will suffice if one of them is of said age. In all cases, those adopting have to be at least 15 years older than those being adopted.

To have regular residence in the Autonomous Community of Galicia.

To be considered as suitable people for the adoption, following the corresponding assessment procedure.

And those able to adopt can be:

1. Family units made up of only 1 member (Single parents).
2. Spouses who are together.
3. Partners who are together on a permanent basis who demonstrate continuous cohabitation of at least 2 years. If the case may be that one of the partners has previously been married or has had a previous marriage union, this period is valid upon the divorce sentence.

Other considerations to take into account:

1. From the moment when you are allocated a child, and the allocation is accepted, the family has to arrange a period of 60 days to travel to Colombia.
2. You must be available between a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 30 days to be in Colombia to pick up the child.

The age intervals in place are the following:

1. Applicants between 25 and 38 years old: children between 0 and 35 months.
2. Applicants between 39 and 41 years old: children of 36 to 59 months.
3. Applicants between 42 and 44 years old: children of 60 to 83 months.
4. Applicants over 45 years old: children of 7 years and over.

1. Services of advice for families interested in or willing to adopt

1. Meetings with applicants interested in or willing to adopt, to inform them about:
   1. Adoption in general.
   2. International Adoption.

2. Management service and monitoring the procedure.

1. The filling out and production of reports and documents related to the specific stages of the ECAI.
2. The start of the stages and carrying out of all negotiations that speed up the procedure and assessment of the application by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare.
3. Progression of the proceedings.
4. Periodical contact with the family and information about the course of the proceedings.

3. Training Service

1. Information and advice that make situations easier, before and after adoption.

4. Allocation notification service and help for the preparation of the journey.

1. Allocation notification of the child to the family.
2. Preparation of the journey, and of the stages and documents necessary prior to the journey and during the family’s stay in Colombia.

5. Services of advice, in the child’s country of origin.

1. Accompaniment of the adoptive family in the child’s country of origin, in coordination with the technical team of the Foundation in Colombia, for the best attention of the adoptive family on their arrival.
2. Accompaniment during the judicial process necessary for the constitution of adoption.

6. Services of accompaniment and integration of the new family.

1. Advice and accompaniment of all the family in all of the stages of the child’s arrival to Spain.
2. Advice to the new family about the possible difficulties that can arise in the adaptation and integration, as long as the family do so request it.
3. Monitoring of the adaptation and integration process.

The TOTAL COST of the procedures (remuneration of the organisation and allocation of funds) is rising to the quantity of 4463 €, which breaks down into the following::

International

1. The Convention of Children’s Rights, approved by the United Nations General Assembly, 20th November 1989.
2. The Hague agreement of Child Protection and Cooperation with regard to International Adoption. The Hague, 29th May 1993. Ratified by Spain in November 1995.

National

1. Spanish Organic Law 21/1987 of the 11th November, to alter the stated articles of the Civil Code and of the Civil Procedure Rules, with regard to adoption.
2. Spanish Organic Law 1/1996 of the 15th January, of the legal protection of the child, of the partial modification of the Civil Code, and of the Civil Procedure Rules.
3. Law 54/2007 of the 28th December, of International Adoption.

Autonomous

1. Law 3/1997 of the 9th June, Galician Family, of Childhood and Adolescence, modified by Law 9/2003 of 23rd December, of tax and administrative measures.
2. Decree 42/2000 of the 7th January which adapts the current regulator rules with regard to family, childhood and adolescence, modified by Decree 406/2003 of the 29th October.