Adoption in Latvia On 1st September, 2011 in data base is ...

Adoption in Latvia
Age of adoptable
children
On 1 st
September,
2011 in data
base is
information
about
adoptable
children
From them about
whom is given
information or a
warrant to
adopters from
Latvia (including
children who
possibly will be
adopted or taken
in guardianship by
relatives)
Adopters from
Latvia who
want to adopt
(at the
moment have
not received
information
about
adoptable
child or have
not decided to
take child for
care period
after
reception of
information)
Children for
whom families
have to be
searched in
Latvia (there is
not a decision
that child can
be adopted to
foreign
country and
information is
not given to
local adopters)
Children who are
handicapped, has
fetopathie alcoholic,
epilepsy, mental
backwardness,
autism, HIV,
bronchial asthma,
Down’s syndrome,
internal
hydrocephalus,
celiac or institution
informs about hard
state of health
Children about
whom
orphans` court
is asked to take
a decision
about adoption
to foreign
countries
Granted
adoption
allowances
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Until 1 year 28 20 16 5 8 0 13
From 1 to 2 years 18 12 11 4 6 1 20
From 2 to 3 years 25 14 9 6 6 2 15
From 3 to 4 years 37 15 2 10 16 2 11
From 4 to 5 years 32 6 2 9 16 5 10
From 5 to 6 years 47 8 0 11 19 4 6
From 6 to 7 years 41 4 1 11 14 8 2
From 7 to 8 years 37 2 1 4 23 3 4
From 8 to 9 years 46 2 0 10 16 7 0
From 9 to 10 years 64 3 0 9 25 6 0
From 10 to 18 years 865 11 0 105 340 57 5
Total: 1240 97 42 184 489 95 86

Adoption to foreign countries
Age of
adoptable
children
On 1 st
September,
2011 in data
base is
information
about
adoptable
children
Children who
do not want
to be adopted
to foreign
countries or
brothers/
sisters do not
agree to be
separated in
case of
adoption
Children who
can be
adopted to
foreign
countries
(including
handicapped
children)
From them children
who are
handicapped, has
fetopathie alcoholic,
epilepsy, mental
backwardness,
autism, HIV,
bronchial asthma,
Down’s syndrome,
internal
hydrocephalus, celiac
or institution informs
about hard state of
health
Foreign
adopters who
want to adopt
(at the moment
have not
received
information
about
adoptable
child)
From them
about whom is
given
information or
warrant to
foreign
adopters *
Permissions of
adoption delivered by
Minister of Welfare
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Until 1 year 28 1 2 2 0 1 0
From 1 to 2
years 18 0 2 2 9 1 4
From 2 to
3 years 25 0 5 4 24 3 2
From 3 to 4
years 37 0 12 9 13 8 7
From 4 to 5
years 32 2 15 12 28 11 5
From 5 to 6
years 47 7 21 13 36 13 8
From 6 to
7 years 41 9 17 11 19 13 5
From 7 to 8
years 37 7 24 17 11 23 8
From 8 to 9
years 46 11 23 13 4 18 5
From 9 to
10 years 64 20 32 17 8 27 4
From 10 to
18 years 865 343 406 226 12 359 31
Total 1240 400 559 326 164 477 79
* - Including children about whom information has been put in the webpage of the Ministry of Welfare (http://www.lm.gov.lv/text/1112)