Haiti to Change Adoption Laws

Haiti is in the process of trying to pass a legislation to change it's adoption laws. The legislation has gone before the Senate for review and awaits approval from both houses of Parliament. The legislation is being made to make Haiti match up with international adoption laws. Some of the changes include the requirement of informed consent from both biological parents. It also has the general director of the government's social welfare agency's office as a "central authority". Other requirements that couples adopting a child must be married for five years, with one spouse at least 30 years old and a single person filing for adoption must be at least 35. There are also more sanctions that will be applied to Haitian orphanages that are in sub-standard living condition.

All these efforts are being made to put an end to the neglect of these children. Orphans have been shipped out of the country to a family that had no prior background check and half the time the adoptive parents put them back up for adoption. There are even cases have been found were children were adopted and shipped out of the country to the Dominican Republic and were forced into servant labour. 

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