When you decide to pursue the adoption of a minor child.

OSPOD at the municipality with extended powers for your place of residence.

Documents and information requested by OSPOD; the authority will give you the exact list and carry out a home/social assessment.

OSPOD does not issue the final adoption decision; the file continues to the regional authority and ultimately the court.

After OSPOD forwards the file to the regional authority.

Regional authority and the professional services it designates.

Cooperation in the assessment of health, personal, family and social circumstances; participation in preparation.

For standard mediated adoption, assessment and preparation are part of the process; it is not a one-form procedure.

Only after being approved as a suitable applicant and a suitable child is identified.

Regional authority, the child’s carers/institution, and later the court.

Documents and decisions required in the specific case; follow the instructions of the regional authority and court.

Pre-adoption care normally precedes the final adoption; its exact course is determined by the competent authorities and court.

After the preceding steps and case-specific conditions have been met.

Competent district court.

Petition and supporting documents required by the court in the specific case.

The court decides according to the child’s best interests; mediation and the court adoption itself are separate parts of the process.