Romanian Requests for Adoption

From Journalul National Wed. Dec. 28, 2005

Romanian Requests for AdoptionThe number of families who are willing to adopt a child is three times more than the number ofchildren available (according to the law) for adoption. Theodora Bertzi, head of the Romanianadoption office, said there are 1,436 Romanian families who have received approval to be adopters which will permit them to begin adoption proceedings. They must also complete a course which will prepare them for the adoption.

THIS NOTE FROM US: The reason the number of 'adoptable' children is so low, is because children are not being declared adoptable thus not 'legally' able to be adopted (thus, Romania can tell the EU, look, we don't have children available for adoption, we are taking care of our own!)