Archive | 2019
ADOPCJA ZE WSKAZANIEM ZGODNIE Z NOWYM UREGULOWANIEM PRAWNYM
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explain the institution of designated adoption in Poland, with its specific procedure of preference for designated adoptive parents (e.g. natural parents’ relatives or the spouse of one of the parents). It summarises opinions on this issue presented by the main government institutions which have a significant impact on social policy in Poland, namely, the Children’s Ombudsman, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland and the Bureau of Research attached to the Chancellery of Sejm. The paper also addresses the problem of child trafficking, which is associated with designated adoption. Prior to the entry into force of the recent amendment to the Family Code, designated adoption was admissible not only for a close family member of the natural parents, but in fact any person indicated by a biological parent had a right to adopt the child, which left a loophole for child trafficking. Under the new provisions the legal procedures for designated adoption by relatives of the birth parents will be facilitated, while other prospective adoptive parents will be able to apply only through the mediation services of an adoption agency.