Adopting A Baby From Italy

Citizens in convention cases.

Adopting a baby from italy.

However italian law prohibits adoption by single parents unless one of the parents inherited custody of the child through either legal separation or death of a spouse. Our adoption agency is licensed in multiple states and is able to help birth parents and adopting families in all 50 states and in foreign countries we are different from county child adoption programs and have worked with birth parents and adopting families from all over the world and our overall satisfaction rating has been excellent. Immigrant visa statistics show that no italian children have received adoption immigrant visas in the past five years. Only accredited or approved adoption services providers may provide adoption services between the united states and italy.

Immigrant visa statistics show that no italian children have received adoption immigrant visas in the past five years. The recommended first step in adopting a child from italy is to select an adoption service provider in the united states that has been accredited or approved to provide services to u s. A brief summary of the convention adoption process is given below. Because italy is party to the hague adoption convention adopting from italy must follow a specific process designed to meet the convention s requirements.

You must complete these steps in the following order so that your adoption meets all necessary legal requirements. Residents adoption from italy is not possible. An adoption in italy can take up to three years from the time the application is filed with the juvenile court until the child is in the new family s home and the adoption is finalized. Prospective adoptive parents must legally reside in italy.

Apart from undergoing a strict assessment like in other countries italy also requires couples wanting to adopt to be married or living together for at least three years. Italy embassy and consulates in the united states.