Adoption during Martial Law: legal specifics
Adoption during Martial Law: legal specifics
The protection of children's rights is particularly important in wartime, as many children have lost their parents or find themselves in difficult circumstances due to the hostilities. In Ukraine, as in any other society, the adoption of children is an important legal procedure that contributes to the protection of children's rights and provides them with a stable and safe environment for development. During martial law, when the country is facing serious economic, social and humanitarian challenges, the issue of adoption takes on new, specific legal features, as state and local authorities are forced to adapt existing procedures to new challenges. During martial law, some stages of this process require adjustments and adaptation to conditions where the usual mechanisms of legal protection are insufficient or require significant changes.
Read more in the article by EVERLEGAL's lawyer for the Legal Practice (Yurydychna Praktyka) publishing house at the link.
In focus:
- Adoption during wartime: new challenges and legal peculiarities
- Main difficulties for candidates and state authorities
- Key changes in procedure and document flow
- Registration of displaced or evacuated children
- Temporary restrictions on adoption by foreigners
- New categories of children in need of protection
- Cases where adoption is temporarily impossible
Our expert: Viktoriia Lada, Junior Associate
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