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Update on Romanian Adoption Moratorium, August 2004
On June 21, Romanian President Iliescu signed into law a draft adoption bill that limits international adoption to a child''s grandparents. The law was published in the Romanian Government Monitor on June 22, making the law official. The United States Government remains extremely concerned that the new Romanian adoption law imposes serious obstacles to all adoptions and creates a system in which children remain for years in state care without parents. We know that there are disappointed prospective parents whose plans to adopt Romanian children have been adversely affected by the new law. In July 2004, senior U.S. Government officials met with Romanian officials in Washington during which they expressed their disappointment in the new Romanian adoption law and urged an expeditious solution to the remaining adoptions in progress so that children can be placed in a permanent family environment.
Adoptive families who have accepted a referral of a Romanian orphan are asked to contact the Office of Children''s Issues at askci@state.gov . In your correspondence please provide your name, your child''s name and adoption registration number, a description of the status of your adoption and your contact information. Please include “Romanian Adoption” in the subject line. Adoptive families who have not yet accepted a referral of a Romanian child are strongly advised against doing so, as Romanian children are no longer available for international adoption.
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