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Romanian Adoptions

March, 2004
Update on Romanian Moratorium on International Adoption

A moratorium on adoptions by the Romanian government has been in place since October 2001, but Romania has allowed exceptions to the moratorium for reasons such as family reunification and for children typically the most difficult to place domestically in Romania, such as older children or children with special needs. The Department of State now is aware that the Romanian Government issued an emergency ordinance, dated February 5, that appears to prohibit all future inter-country adoptions from Romania and repeal these exceptions to the moratorium. The Romanian Government has advised our Embassy in Bucharest that those cases that the Government of Romania has already approved under the exception provisions will be allowed to proceed to conclusion under the provisions of this ordinance. Learn more...