BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková ADOPTION AND

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BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková ADOPTION AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková THE CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CZECH REPUBLIC SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CZECH LEGAL ORDER RELEVANT CURRENT STATISTICAL DATA ADOPTION OF MINORS: CONCEPT LAW IN BOOKS LAW IN ACTION INTERNATIONAL (intercountry) ADOPTION OF MINORS LAW IN BOOKS LAW IN ACTION CONCLUSION 2 1. THE CZEH REPUBLIC BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková MAIN TURNING-POINTS - the Czechoslovak Republic (since 1918) the second word war (1939 -1945) the communist take-over (in 1948) the collapse of communism (in 1989) the Czech Republic (since 1993) the accession to the European Union (in 2004) 3 2. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CZECH LEGAL ORDER Austrian Civil Code - ABGB (1918) both minors and aduls „contract“ non full Act on Family Law (1949) only adoption of minors because of political reasons Act on the Family (1963) full adoption of minors after 1989 human right conventions Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamenta Freedoms (CE) Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN) Convention on Protection pf Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague) European Convention on the Adoption of Children (CE) amendment to the Act on the Family (1998) better protection of mother, putative father, family of origin the Children Act (1999) better protection of the child Civil Code (2014) new conception according to the revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children (CE) BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková 4 3. RELEVANT CURRENT STATISTICAL DATA The population of the Czech Republic was 10 517 408 at 31 March 2014. BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková The population of the Czech Republic was 10 517 408 at 31 March 2014. 5 4. ADOPTION OF MINORS - LAW IN BOOKS CONCEPT A) NON EXISTING OR NON FUNCTIONING NATURAL FAMILY B) ADOPTABLE CHILD C) CONSENT BY PARENTS OR THEIR NON-INTEREST D) CONSENT BY CHILD E) THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD F) THE EXISTENCE OF PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS G) MATCHING BY THE STATE H) OBLIGATORY PRE-ADOPTION CARE CH) THE MOTION AND THE COURT DECISION - STATUS BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková 6 ADOPTABLE CHILD REAL ORPHAN DEAD PARENTS NO FAMILY AT ALL BABY- BOX (de facto, since 2005: cca 100 children) SOCIAL ORPHAN CONSENT OF THE PARENTS NON-INTEREST OF THE PARENTS PARENTS WERE DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OF THE RIGHT TO GIVE A CONSENT BRAZIL 2014 - Zdeňka Králíčková