1. ADOPTION Submitted by Giedrė Greičiuvienė

2. LAYOUT: WHAT IS ADOPTION TYPES OF ADOPTION (by effect on the parties involved) TYPES OF ADOPTION (by location and origin) REASONS FOR ADOPTION NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES ADOPTION NUMBERS ADOPTION IN LITHUANIA CONLUSION LITERATURE

3. ADOPTION IS A LEGAL ACT OF PERMANENTLY PLACING A CHILD WITH A PARENT OR PARENTS OTHER THAN THE BIRTH MOTHER OR FATHER

4. TYPES OF ADOPTION (No.1): OPEN ADOPTION SEMI-OPEN ADOPTION CLOSED ADOPTION

5. TYPES OF ADOPTION (No.2): DOMESTIC ADOPTION a) FOSTER CARE ADOPTION b) INTRA-FAMILY ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION

6. REASONS FOR ADOPTION BIRTH FAMILY’S REASONS ADOPTIVE PARENT’S REASONS

7. BIRTH FAMILY INABILITY TO ADEQUATELY CARE FOR THE CHILD MALTREATMENT WITH THE CHILD NOT BEING IN THE POSITION TO RAISE A CHILD INVOLUNTARILY LOSS OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

8. ADOPTIVE PARENTS INABILITY TO BIOLOGICAL REPRODUCTION THE LACK OF A PARTNER STEP-PARENT ADOPTION AVOIDING PASSING OR INHERITABLE DISEASES THE CHALLENGE

9. NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK IS USED IN THE UK TO ENCOURAGE NEW ADOPTERS TO COME FORWARD WITH ADOPTION

10. ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES LEGAL STATUS OF ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES IN EUROPE

11. NUMBERS OF ADOPTION

12. ADOPTION IN LITHUANIA

13. FINAL WORD: THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT ADOPTION IS STILL WEAKLY DEVELOPED, PARTICULARLY IN LITHUANIA

14. WHAT COULD WE DO TO INCREASE NUMBERS OF ADOPION IN OUR COUNTRY?

15. LITERATURE: WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM (2007-09-14) WWW.LRS.LT (2007-09-14) WWW.IVAIKINIMAS.LT (2007-09-14)