Children can be adopted in orphanages, children's welfare homes or children's rescue stations. /kloc-Orphans who have lost their parents under 0/4 years of age, abandoned babies whose biological parents cannot be found, and children whose biological parents have special difficulties and are unable to support them can be adopted. The adopter shall meet the following conditions:
(1) No children;
(2) Having the ability to raise and educate the adoptee;
(3) Not suffering from diseases that are medically considered unsuitable for adopting children;
(4) At least 30 years old. If an unmarried male citizen adopts a girl, the age difference between the adopter and the adoptee should be over 40 years old. If a spouse adopts a child, the husband and wife must adopt it together. The adopter can only adopt one child. The adoption of orphans, disabled children who can't find their biological parents, abandoned babies or children raised by social welfare institutions can be exempted from the restriction that the adopter has no children to adopt one. The conditions for overseas Chinese and their children to adopt collateral blood relatives within three generations are wider.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code
Article 1093 The following minors may be adopted:
(1) Orphans who have lost their parents;
(2) Minors whose biological parents cannot be found;
(3) Children whose biological parents have special difficulties and are unable to support them.
Article 1098 An adopter shall meet the following conditions:
(a) no children or only one child;
(2) Having the ability to support, educate and protect the adoptee;
(3) Not suffering from diseases that are medically considered unsuitable for adopting children;
(4) All criminal records that are not conducive to the healthy growth of the adoptee;
(five) at least thirty years of age.
Derivative problem:
What procedures do adopted children need to register?
1. The police station where the adopter's household registration is located accepts the application, and the police in the responsible area will investigate and make comments on the supporting materials provided by the applicant within 20 working days, and report them to the county (city) public security bureau or the household administration department of the urban public security bureau after being signed by the competent leader.
2. The county (city) public security bureau or the household administration department of the urban public security bureau shall, within 15 working days after receiving the submitted materials, make a decision on whether to approve or not to approve the application within the examination and approval authority, and make a decision on approval, and at the same time issue the "Permit to Move". Applications outside the examination and approval authority, with audit opinions, shall be reported to the household administration department of the municipal public security bureau.
3. After receiving the submitted materials, the household administration department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau shall make a decision on approval or disapproval within 15 working days.
4. The public security police station where the adopter's household registration is located shall notify the applicant within 2 working days after receiving the approval decision from the household administration department of the public security organ at a higher level.
5. For the adoptee who has registered permanent residence, the local police station will issue a migration certificate on the spot with the adoption certificate and the approval of the household administration department of the municipal or county public security bureau or the permit to move, and cancel the account.
6. If the public security police station where the adopter's household registration is located has registered the permanent residence for the adopter, it shall go through the registration formalities in registered permanent residence on the spot with the adoption certificate, quasi-relocation certificate and transfer certificate; The adoptee who has not registered the permanent residence shall go through the registration formalities at the permanent residence with the approval of the adoption certificate and the household administration department of the municipal or county public security bureau.