Child's adoption

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The preparation for the adoption

This preparation includes information about the stages of the procedure, the legal effects and the other consequences of the adoption.

For the French community, it is necessary to address:
Ministère de la Communauté Française
Direction générale de l’Aide à la Jeunesse
Autorité centrale communautaire
Espace 27 septembre
Boulevard Léopold II, 44 [plan]
1080 Brussels
Tél.: 02 413 41 35

For the Dutch-speaking community, it is necessary to address:
Kind en Gezin
Hallepoortlaan 27
1060 Brussels [plan]
Tél. 02 533 14 76

The adoption in Belgium

At the end of the judicial procedure, the clerk of the court invites the competent municipal administration to transcribe the device in registers of births, deaths and marriages. Then, the adoption will be annotated in the population register.

The adoption abroad

The foreign file must be subjected to the appreciation of the federal central authority, so that a 'certificate of recording of a foreign decision for adoption' can be obtained.

The candidate for the adoption then has to present the foreign file and the certificate to the municipality for the note of the adoption in the population register and for the possible transcription in registers of births, deaths and marriages. Although this transcription is not compulsory, it is nevertheless advised to ask the Registry officen to transcribe this foreign adoption. It will then be possible to obtain a copy at any time.

Service Public fédéral Justice
Direction générale de la Législation et des Libertés et Droits Fondamentaux
Service de l’Adoption internationale
Boulevard de Waterloo 115
1000 Brussels [plan]
Tél.: 02 542 65 11