Legal adoption rules in Peru

If you want to adopt a baby you should bear in mind that adoption processes vary according to your place of residence. Peru is one of the countries where adoptions are most active, both domestic and international. However, the process is long in order to guarantee all the rights of the child that wi

If you want to adopt a baby you should bear in mind that adoption processes vary according to your place of residence. Peru is one of the countries where adoptions are most active, both domestic and international. However, the process is long in order to guarantee all the rights of the child that will be adopted. To adopt a baby in Peru, you must go to the

National Adoption Secretariat (SNA), which depends on the Ministry of Women and Social Development. The whole process of adoption consists of three stages: a first preadoptive or evaluative stage, the adoptive stage and the follow-up stage. Rules for adopting a baby in PeruThe legal norms for adopting a baby in Peru do not differ much from the norms of adoption in other countries in its environment. Preference is given to

marriages

before to single people and the age of the adopted child will depend on the age of the adoptive parents, as well as on the number of biological children the couple has. The first steps to adopt the baby are to process the usual documents such as the birth certificate, the marriage certificate, the criminal record, a more thorough medical examination than in other countries, the income statement and photographs of the house in which the adopted child will reside.

Following the trend of any adoption agency and as in all countries, a psychological, social and economic evaluation is necessary. Those parents who want to adopt a child in Peru must demonstrate their suitability , their ability to provide the child with a healthy and caring environment and to guarantee the right of any child to have a family.

Criteria to adopt in Peru according to age The particularity that Peru presents in the adoption processes with respect to other countries is that there is a strict adoption criterionaccording to the child's age y and the age of the adopting parents. This criterion seeks the best adaptation of the child in his new family.

- To adopt a baby up to

3 years se, parents between 25 and 43 years are sought.

- To adopt a child of 3 to 5 years, the age range of the adopting parents is between 43 and 51 years.

- To adopt children of more than 5 years, it is preferable that parents are between 51 and 55 years. These children older than 5 years will also be those who can more easily adopt single people or widows and couples with more than 2 biological children.

Laura Vélez . Editor of Guiainfantil.com