People involved:
This section will be documented later.
Process:
See: http://www.aai.gov.ie/index.php/intercountry-adoption/register-a-foreign-adoption.html
It is notworthy that it will be a criminal offense to not register an intercountry adoption within 3 months.
Applicants are advised that, pursuant to the Adoption Act 2010, (a) that they are obliged to notify the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Health Service Executive/Assessing Agency when they bring a child into the State who has been adopted and who is to be adopted and (b) that they are obliged to apply to the Authority to enter particulars of the adoption in the register of intercountry adoptions. Applicants have THREE months in which to initiate both of these activities. Failure to do so may result in fines, imprisonment or both.
Section 82
(1) Where a child enters the State for the first time after his or her adoption by adopters habitually resident in the State, they shall notify the Health Service Executive and the Authority of the child’s entry as soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than 3 months after the date of entry.
(2) Where a child enters the State for the purpose of being adopted in the State by prospective adopters who are habitually resident in the State, they shall notify the Health Service Executive and the Authority of the child’s entry as soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than 3 months after the date of entry.
Section 90(4)
‘Not later than 3 months after the date when a child first enters the State after his or her intercountry adoption in another state by parents habitually resident in the State, the adopters shall ensure that an application to the Authority is made under subsection (3) to enter particulars of the adoption in the register of intercountry adoptions.’
Section 147(2)
‘A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails to discharge a duty to which the person is subject under subsection (1) or (2) of section 82….’
Section 147(4)
‘A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails to discharge a duty to which the person is subject under section 90 (4).’
Section 148(2)
‘A person guilty of an offence under section 147 (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.’
Section 148(4)
‘A person guilty of an offence under section 147 (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.’
10 December 2010
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Information and documents you will need:
See: http://www.aai.gov.ie/index.php/intercountry-adoption/register-a-foreign-adoption.html
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