Adoption is a child protection resource that provides a family to those boys and girls who cannot remain in their family of origin. Adoption creates bonds between adoptive individuals and children subject to adoption, analogous to biological ones. It is irrevocable.
Adopted individuals, once they reach adulthood or during their minority through their legal representatives, will have the right to know the information about their origins held by Public Entities with competence in child protection in Autonomous Communities/Cities. Public Entities will ensure the preservation of the information they have regarding the child's origins, in particular, the information about the identity of their parents, as well as the medical history of the adopted person and their family.
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In general, individuals who offer themselves for adoption must meet at least the following requirements:
- Be over twenty-five years old. In the case of adoption by two people, it will be sufficient for one of them to have reached that age.
- The age difference between adopter and adopted individual will be at least sixteen years and not exceed forty-five years. When there are two adopting persons, it will be sufficient for one of them not to exceed the maximum age difference with the adopted person.
- Have been declared suitable for exercising parental authority by the competent public entity, understanding suitability as the adequate capacity, aptitude, and motivation to exercise parental responsibility, addressing the needs of the children or adolescents to be adopted, and to assume the peculiarities, consequences, and responsibilities that adoption entails. Therefore, the declaration of suitability will require a psychosocial assessment of the personal, family, and relational situation of the individuals offering for adoption, their ability to establish stable and secure bonds, their educational skills, and their aptitude to care for a child or adolescent based on their particular circumstances.
Individuals interested in offering themselves for national adoption should contact the child protection services of the Autonomous Community/City where they have established their residence.
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