September 12, 2002

Just an update…

There is no new law governing international adoptions in Romania yet.

However things are moving the right direction, and it has been decided that the new law will be passed as an emergency ordinance. In other words there will be no waiting time or delays once the law is finalized. A meeting to finalize the law took place recently.

The law is expected to be passed no later than October.

We  would like to have all files fully or partially prepared and ready to be submitted as soon as the new office accepts new files.

Some changes in the procedure are expected, but I do anticipate that new adoption cases will move quite fast in the first months, due to the large number of children available for adoption at the present time.

Sincerely,

Mirela Van Dyke

Executive Director