Chapter VI
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
Article 34
Adoption of a child shall be for the purpose of maintaining paternal and filial ties between the adopting and adopted persons, in which the adolescent child is ensured of good care and education.
The rights and duties of an adopting person and adopted child shall be the same as those of parents and children defined in Articles 19 to 25 of this Law.
Article 35
Only persons of 15 years old or under may be adopted. A person over 15 years of age maybe adopted where he or she is an invalid soldier or a disabled person, or if the adopting person is old and lonely.
The adopting person shall be at least twenty years older than the adopted child.
Article 36
Adoption of a child shall require the agreement of the prospective parents, and of both parents or foster-parents of the adopted. If the adopted child is 9 years old or over, his own consent shall also be required.
Article 37
Adoption of a child shall be recognised and recorded in the Family Register by the People's Committee of the commune, city ward or town where adopting or adopted person resides.
Article 38
The State and society shall encourage the adoption of orphans.
The rights enjoyed by a child as an orphan of a soldier shall be respected after his adoption.
Article 39
The adoption of a child may be annulled, if the adopting or the adopted person, or both, committed serious offences against each other's dignity, or other acts which have ended the affection binding the adopting and adopted persons.
The annulment of an adoption shall be decided by the People's Court at the request of the adopting or adopted person. Where the adopted child is still under age, the parents or foster-parents of the child, the People's Court, the Vietnam Women's Union, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions may request the annulment of such adoption.
Tìm kiếm
Luật Hôn nhân và gia đình 1986 (Bản Word)