Article 303. Court decision

Having considered the case of adoption on the merits, the court shall render a decision on the approval of the petition for adoption or its dismissal either in full or in part.

When approving the adoption petition, the court decision shall specify all the data on the adopted child and the adoptive parent/s, necessary to make changes in the book of birth records of the adopted child.

In the interests of the child in case of his/her adoption by one person, the court decision on adoption at the request of the mother, if the adopter is a man; or at the request of the father, if the adopter is a woman; as well as at the request of the parents of the deceased parent (grandfather or grandmother), if one of the parents of the adopted child is dead, shall specify the preservation of legal relations of the adopted child with one of the parents or with the relatives of the deceased parent.

Should the application for adoption be approved, the mutual rights and obligations of the adoptive parent/s and the adopted child shall be established from the day of making the necessary changes in the book of birth records of the adopted child.

The court shall be obliged to send — within three days from the date of entry into legal force of the decision on adoption — a copy of this decision to the civil registry body at the place of birth registration of the adopted child.