Road to Adoption

In country  Adoption Procedure



Couple enrols and gets information, Guidelines, Can procedure form
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Parents submit application form
4  files of application  to RIPA or  (Recognised  Indian Placement Agencies )  
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LAPA      
(Licensed Adoption Placement Agencies)
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Parents registration [Fee] slip for registration needs to be procured
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Home study by social worker
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Child matching by RIPA LAPA
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Pre-adoption foster care
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Social  worker revisit  the family
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After petition gets filed, one copy goes to  ‘Indian Council Of Social (ICSW)
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After re-evaluation of all documents by District Registrar, the Judge verifies the petition file and  issues adoption order after hearing.
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Adoption  deed is prepared after lawyer, gets the order
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To Grampanchayat  at  birth registration

Day from the date of admission to the child placement.   Availability of the baby as per the couples needs and  duration depends on status, fitness of couples,

Sources:
National information centre, Central Adoption Resource Authority, Ministry of Woman & Child Development.
• Guidelines for Adoption, 2006- CARA, Central Adoption Resource Authority.
• Guidelines for in-country adoption – 2004
• Adoption Workshop – 2001

Ministry of Women & Child Development.
http://www.adoptionindia.nic.in