Conditions

• Adoption by persons, one of whom is with habitual residence in Bulgaria , is admissible under the provisions of the Family Code. When the adoptive child is with habitual residence in Bulgaria , the approval of the Minister of Justice is required and the Sofia City Court completes the adoption.
• A child with habitual residence in Bulgaria, who is turned one and is entered into the Register of the Ministry of Justice, may be adopted by a person with habitual residence abroad who has submitted a permit for adoption of a child in accordance with his habitual residence country law and who is recorded in the register of the Ministry of Justice.
• Adoption is full and is admissible only between an adoptive parent and an adoptive child who are entered into in the registers of the Ministry of Justice.
• The adoptive parent shall be at least fifteen years older than the adoptive child. The law does not stipulate maximum age difference, but the law of the adoptive parent should also be taken into account.
• There is no legal impediment for the adoption of a child by one single adoptive parent, while spouses adopt simultaneously. Twins must be adopted together.