Adoption
tries to unite the love of a child with the love of parents by enabling them to
enjoy a family and be able to grow as an emotionally stable person. It also
offers parents the satisfaction of forming a family as they desire.
The legal requirements for the
couple who adopts are:
Ø
To be legally competent
Ø
To be married legally
Ø
To guarantee physical, mental, social and moral
conditions to offer an adequate and stable home for the child
Ø
To be older than 25, and to be at least 15
years older than the child to be adopted
Ø
The adoptive parents cannot be more that 38
years older than the child to be adopted.
The moral, social, economic and cultural
conditions of the adopting parents are verified.
The following are steps to
request an adoption in the Casa de la Madre y el Niño:
To contact the Adoption Committee,
through letter or e-mail
lacasa@coldecon.net.co with the following information:
ÿ
Complete name and surname
ÿ
Nationality
ÿ
Address and place of residence
ÿ
Dates and places of birth
ÿ
Type of marriage and date
ÿ
Children –if applies-
ÿ
Short family history
ÿ
Education, profession and occupation
ÿ
Health condition
ÿ
Reason for the adoption
ÿ
Age and sex of the child they wish to adopt
The Adoption Committee with analyze the
Letter of Introduction and will contact the couple to indicate the steps
that will follow. The information and supporting data are strictly confidential.
Adoption Fees
|
Colombian
Adoptive Parents |
|
§
Social and psychological study
Social worker $350.000
Psychologist $180.000
To be paid
directly to the professionals
|
|
§
Legal expenses – Lawyers: $2´000.000
To be paid
directly to the lawyer.
|
|
§
Medical expenses- Laboratory exams
They
depend on the number of examinations required
To be paid to La Casa de la Madre y
el Niño
|
|
Non
Colombian Adoptive Parents
|
|
Costs in the country of
origin |
|
§
International agencies authorized by
the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar-ICBF have their own fares
depending on the previous studies and the two years of follow-up after
the adoption, according to the requirements of the Hague Convention.
§
The agencies should inform these costs
to the adoptive parents.
|
|
Costs in Colombia |
|
§
Legal expenses – Lawyers: US$2.200
To be paid
directly to the lawyer.
|
|
§
Medical expenses- Laboratory exams
They
depend on the number of examinations required
To be paid to La Casa de la Madre y
el Niño
|
|
§
Translations
According to the fares of official translations, an average of $15.000
per page.
To be paid
directly to the translators.
|
|
§
Apostil
They
depend on the country that requires it. The price is $20.000 per
document.
To be paid for in
the Ministry of Foreign Relations
|
|
