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- The Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act
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- Permit and Management Regulations for Children and Youth Adoption Service Providers
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- Regulations Governing Visiting, Residency, and Permanent Residency of Aliens
- Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No.748
Amended Date:2012.04.20
Article 1
These regulations are established in accordance with Paragraph 4, Article 21 of the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act (hereinafter called “the Act”).
Article 2
- Identification information:Names, registered addresses, residence addresses, ID nos., and other identifiable information of adoption givers, adopters, adopted children and juveniles and their relatives within three degrees, and people related.
- Non-identification information::
(1) Work units and locations of adoption givers, adopters, adopted children and juveniles and their relatives within three degrees, and people related.
(2) Adoption application.
(3) Agreement of adoption giving and adoption
(4) Court attendance written records.
(5) Revaluation report for interviews with adopters.
(6) Revaluation report for interviews with adoption givers.
(7) Application of adoption registration.
(8) A court’s judgment document court may approve or overrule a children and youth adoption; a confirmed verdict is a must, if any.
(9) case records and photos.
(10) Health information of adoption givers, adopters, and adopted children and juveniles.
(11) Intent letter for information release.。
Article 3
Adoption givers and adopters may sign or modify the intent letter of information release as needed. However, unless there is legitimate ground, any violations against the mutual written agreement of adoption givers and adopters shall not be allowed.
Article 4
- Court.
- The authorized municipal agencies, county (city) government.
- Household registration offices.
- Child and juvenile welfare institutes.
- Child and juvenile adoption service provider
- doption givers, adopters and adopted children and juveniles.
- Other appropriate groups or professional personnel.
Article 5
- Adopted children and juveniles
- Adoption givers or the natural parents of adopted children and juveniles.
- Adopters
- Interested parties
Article 6
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For the applicants whose ID conforms to subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 in the preceding article: To provide after the identity is confirmed.
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For the applicants whose ID conforms to subparagraph 2-4 of paragraph 1 in the preceding article: To provide after the identity is confirmed, and adoption givers or adopters agree to the intent letter of information release or the agreement is made afterwards. However, the offer will also be made after evaluation and ratification made by the committee of adoption information management if adopters or adoption givers disappear or die and no agreement is made.
Article 7
If it is evaluated that psychological harm will be made by providing the information listed in article 2, consultation guidance will be recommended prior to the offer of the information.
Article 8
Central competent authority shall offer kin finding service, and as per the request from adoption givers, adopters, adopted children and juvenile or interested parties, consultation transfer service for psychology, medical care and law etc. shall be provided.
Article 9
- The issue regarding the proviso in paragraph 2 of article 3.
- The issue regarding the identification of interested parties in subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 in article 5.
- The issue regarding the proviso in paragraph 2 of article 6.
- Other issues regarding the controversy related to the information of adoption giving and adoption.
- Representatives of central competent authority and relevant institutes.
- Representatives of private groups.
- Academics and experts.
Article 10
The forms and formats used in this law are to be stipulated by central competent authority.
Article 11
These regulations comes into effect as of October 1, 2005.
The provisions amended on April 20th, 2012 shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.