Cross-border aspects of adoptions

At present, there is no guarantee that domestic adoptions carried out in one EU Member State will be recognised automatically in another. The resulting hurdles facing families who move to another EU country after adopting a child can interfere with their freedom of movement, harm children’s rights, and impose significant costs.

The European Parliament has identified scope for EU legal action in this area and further cooperation on several other cross-border aspects of adoption.

A legislative own-initiative report was due to be debated in the first plenary session of the European Parliament in February 2017.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Briefing: Adoption of children in the European Union, June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/adoption-of-children-in-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Cross-border recognition of adoptions, June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/cross-border-recognition-of-adoptions/

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