If you adopt a child, you become the legal parent of that child: they take your surname, they will inherit from you, you are responsible for their education, etc. You therefore gain the same rights and obligations as biological parents.

To adopt a child, you must meet certain conditions.

SPF Justice (the central federal authority) has competence as regards the recognition of non-national adoptions.

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Published on December 12th 2020

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