Application for simple adoption of the adult child of the spouse, partner or cohabiting partner

1. Print the form
2. Fill the form
3. Date and sign the form
4. Attach the documents supporting documents
5. Submit or send by letter RAR: titleContent the form and supporting documents at the court of your domicile

The adopter shall attach to his application the following documents:

• Consent to the adoption of the adopted act before a notary or before a French consular or diplomatic agent
• Consent to adoption by the spouse, Civil partnership partner or common-law partner of the adopter
• Full copy less than 3 months old of the adoptive parent's birth certificate (or less than 6 months if the birth certificate is issued by a foreign authority)
• Full copy less than 3 months old of the birth certificate of the adoptive spouse, Civil partnership partner or common-law partner (or less than 6 months if the birth certificate is issued by a foreign authority)
• Full copy less than 3 months old of the adopted child's birth certificate (or less than 6 months if the birth certificate is issued by a foreign authority)
• Full copy less than 3 months old of the birth certificate of the child or children of the adopted person if he or she has one (or less than 6 months old if the birth certificate is issued by a foreign authority)
• Full copy less than 3 months old of the adoptive parent's marriage certificate (or less than 6 months if issued by a foreign authority), or of the receipt for registration of the adoptive parent's Civil partnership or the adoptive parent's declaration of cohabitation
• Opinions of the adult children of the adopted on the draft adoption on free paper. If the children are minors, the adopted person must specify their age and the relationship with the adopted person
• Details of the choice of the adopted person's surname, including the order of the names in the case of the addition of the adoptive person's name to that of the adopted person
• Consent of the adopted person to change his name, and if necessary to change his first names (this consent can be made on free paper)
• Certificate on the adoptive parent's honor that he or she is “neither legally separated, nor divorced, nor in the process of divorce, nor separated from his or her partner or cohabiting partner”
• Certification on honor that the adoption requested is not likely to jeopardize family life if the adopter already has one or more children
• Acts of non-withdrawal of consents required at the expiry of a period of 2 months

The court can always request additional documents, depending on the personal situation of the adoptive parent.

The notice no. 52408#01 outlines the process to be followed.

The hearing, if the judge deems it useful, takes place in council chamber. You are summoned by post or by email to the address indicated in your request.

At the hearing, the judge hears your explanations, examines the documents provided to him and asks the questions he considers useful.

Its task is to verify that the conditions for adoption are met and that it is in the best interests of the adopted adult.

The judgment shall be delivered in open court.

You receive a copy of the decision rendered, by the Registry of the Judicial Tribunal.