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Links to the Hague status

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Other useful links

Irish-Mexican group An Adoption Support Group.

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How the implementation of the Adoption Act on 1 November 2010 might affect adoptions

 As Mexico is in the Hague Convention, all adoptions completed after 1 November 2010 must comply with the Hague Convention (whether the applicant holds a pre 1 November Declaration or not).  This means that the adoption must be effected through the Central Authority in that jurisdiction.

Updates are usually taken from the AAI’s website.

The information will also be updated based on the comments received.
Just in case, check the What’s new page of the AAI.

The enactment of the Adoption Act 2010 will bring about Ireland’s accession to the ‘Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption’ (the ‘Hague Convention’).

Article 2 of the Hague Convention states -

(1)  The Convention shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State (“the State of origin”) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State (“the receiving State”) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin.

Persons proposing to adopt abroad should always seek independent legal advice prior to doing so.

Persons proposing to adopt abroad from a Hague Convention country AFTER

1 November 2010 should satisfy themselves

-         that their adoption complies with the terms and conditions of the Hague Convention.

-         that the Agent / Agency they have engaged is properly accredited by the Central Authority in the country of origin.

-         that the Agent / Agency they have engaged can produce a valid Article 23 Certificate from a Competent Authority in the state of origin in respect of that adoption.

Details of the Hague Convention and a list of the Central Authorities, the Accredited Bodies and the Competent Authorities are available on the Hague Convention’s website –

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Adoption Board Advisory

An Bord Uchtala wishes to advise those seeking to adopt from Mexico and from the State of Florida in the USA of the following:

That no child should be placed with applicants prior to the Adoption Board granting those applicants a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability to adopt under Section(1)(iii)(II) of the Adoption Act, 1991. That a child must not be placed for adoption until it has attained the age of six weeks and not earlier than three months before the application for adoption.

That no payments should be made by an applicant until the child is placed for adoption.

That you should not make any payments which would contravene Section 42 of the Adoption Act,1952 which states:

(1) An adopter, parent or guardian of a child shall not receive or agree to receive any payment or other reward in consideration of the adoption of the child under this Act.

(2) No person shall make or give or agree to make or give any payment or reward the receipt of which is prohibited by subsection (1).

(3) ( a ) A person who makes arrangements for the adoption of a child shall not receive, make or give any payment or other reward in consideration of the making of the arrangements or agree to do so.

( b ) This subsection does not apply to—

(i) payments made for the maintenance of the child;

(ii) solicitors’ remuneration for professional services.

Intercountry adoptions which are in breach of these statutory provisions may not be eligible for an entry in the Register of Foreign Adoptions. In such cases the applicant(s) may have to apply to the High Court for a direction to have the adoption entered in the Register, which the High Court may or may not grant. This may involve considerable expense on the part of the applicants. Failure to have a child’s adoption entered in the Register will result in the child not being recognised as an Irish citizen with all the attendant consequences.

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