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Criteria of the Intercountry Adoption Council for prospective adoptive parents applying to adopt a child, registered at the Ministry of Justice - 2009s

Art. 9. The Directorate for International Legal Protection of the Child and International Adoptions shall examine the children and the adopters about the opportunity to make adoption, shall prepare reports and shall present them to the Council for international adoptions about consideration and making decisions.

Art. 10. (1) Within 60 days after the entry of the children in the register under art. 113, pg. 1, clause 1 of he Family Code, the Council for International Adoptions shall consider the applications to determine an appropriate adopter in compliance with the succession of entry of the adopters in the registers, their preferences, as well as the circumstances, which are in the interest of the child.

(2) The children's dossiers shall be considered by the Council according to the sequence of their entry and shall be compared with the data of the adopters and the conditions contained in the permits under art. 5, pg. 2.

(3) For the determination of an adopter, the Council shall consider all appropriate applications.

(4) Upon making decision to determine an appropriate adopter in addition to the criteria under pg. 1, the Council will be also take into account the capabilities of the adopters to ensure the child’s physical, mental and social well-being, as well as information about the personality of the adopter and other circumstances, which are significant for the adoption. The assessment shall be made mainly on the basis of the reports about the adopters, prepared by the relevant competent authorities.

(5) The decision shall contain data about the child and the adopters and short reasoning about the choice.