Organization : Central Adoption Resource Authority
Facility : Procedure for Children Adoption
Home Page : https://cara.wcd.gov.in/
Children Adoption Procedure :
The authorities/agencies involved in In-country adoption
a) Competent Court
b) Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)
Related : CARA Carings Online Parents Registration For Adoption : www.statusin.in/17896.html
c) State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA)
d) Recognized Indian Placement Agency (RIPA)
e) Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA)
Stage I : Registration
a) PAPs desiring to adopt a child shall register themselves only with one with RIPA/SAA preferably nearest to their current place of residence. Such agencies shall guide the PAPs on the registration process.
b) On receipt of the application for registration (Annexure-V) along with necessary documents and requisite registration fee, the RIPA/SAA shall register the PAPs for adoption and issue them a registration slip.
c) CARA shall also provide facility to the PAPs for online provisional registration through its website.
d) In case, the PAPs wish to adopt a child from RIPA/SAA other than the one where they have registered, but within the same state, the PAPs shall approach the SARA with their registration slip. The SARA will contact the RIPA/SAA from which the PAPs wish to adopt so that such PAPs are immediately included in the waiting list of PAPs of that RIPA/SAA.
e) In case the PAPs desire to adopt a child from any State other than where they are currently residing, they may approach the SARA of the State where they are residing, with their registration slip. The SARA will convey the registration of such PAPs immediately to the SARA of the State from which the PAPs want to adopt the child so that such PAPs are immediately included in the waiting list of PAPs in that state.
Stage II : Pre-adoption Counselling and Preparation of the PAPs
In order to facilitate an informed decision by the PAPs, the concerned RIPA/SAA shall provide pre-adoption counseling to them. Such agency shall also prepare the PAPs for the adoption and related process by providing them with all relevant information.
Stage III : Home Study and Other Requirements
a) Documents listed at Annexure-VI shall be furnished by the PAPs to the concerned SAA/ RIPA to facilitate conduct of home study.
b) Home Study of the PAPs shall be conducted only by the professional social worker authorized by RIPA/SAA nearest to their current place of residence. The Home Study Report shall be based on the procedure laid down in Annexure-VII.
c) The HSR of PAPs shall be valid for adoptions from any where in the country for a period of 2 years. However, the MER of the PAPs should not be more than one year old at the time of referral of the child.
Stage IV : Referral and Acceptance
a) RIPA/SAA shall constitute an ‘Adoption Committee’ consisting of the Secretary/Managing Trustee of the SAA, a senior professional social worker, Visiting Medical Officer and one other functionary of the RIPA/SAA. This Committee would do the assignment of the child.
b) Assignment of any child with PAPs shall be done by the ‘Adoption Committee’ only after the child has been declared legally free for adoption by the CWC and the PAPs have been found eligible by the RIPA/SAA to adopt.
c) The RIPA/SAA shall make the best efforts to assign a child as per required description given by the PAPs, if any.
d) After matching the child, the RIPA/SAA shall advise PAPs to see the child physically before they give their acceptance. They shall be shown the matched child/children only at the premises of RIPA/SAA. The PAPs, if they so desire, may get the child medically examined by their own doctor.
e) The CSR and MER of the matched child (or children in case of siblings) shall be forwarded by the RIPA/SAA to the PAPs for acceptance. This process is known as “referral”. The PAPs shall accept the referral in writing within a maximum period of 10 days.
f) In case the referred child is not acceptable to the PAPs, a maximum of two other children shall be shown to them at a given time. In case, the matching does not take place, the PAPs would be eligible for reconsideration only after a lapse of three months from the date when the last child was shown to them.
g) In case of placement of older children (7 years and above), written consent of the child for the proposed placement shall be obtained. In case the child can not read and write, verbal consent can be taken in the presence of the ‘Adoption Committee’ who shall record the same and take the signature/thumb impression of the child on the recorded statement. The date on which the consent of the child is obtained should be clearly indicated.
h) If the PAPs decide to adopt the proposed child, they shall give their formal acceptance for the adoption by signing on the CSR and MER of the child.