Required information and questions for the home study for adoption applicants

In our questionnaire from the youth welfare office, the following information had to be provided and questions answered:

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• Personal details (education, occupation, etc.)

• Economic situation (joint monthly net income before and after taking in the child, assets and debts)

• Information about the apartment (rent/property, square meters, rooms, garden)

• Are there serious health problems in the family?

• How long have you known each other as a couple and how long have you been married? Children?

• Birth dates and occupations of the couple's parents and siblings

 

• How did you experience the atmosphere in your parents' home? What was positive and what do you definitely not want to take on?

• How did the common adoption wish evolve?

• What do you think would change if you were to have an adopted child?

• Do you still want to have your own biological children or have you finished with this wish?

• What are the reasons for not having a biological child?

• Do you have specific ideas about a child?

• Where do you see your possibilities and limits to influence the development of a child?

• What experiences have you had in dealing with children?

• What circumstances of the parents of a child could trigger rejection in you?

• Would you be ready to meet the child's parents? (Note: Open adoptions are not possible in Romania )

• How do you feel about contacts with biological parents, even after the adoption conclusion? (Note: Open adoptions are not possible in Romania )

• Where would you look for help and support with questions and problems in your upbringing?

• Which placement offices do you know and which offices are you already in contact with? (Note: for Romania only the central adoption office at the state youth welfare office )