The intercountry adoption of a child who is resident in Romania by a person/family who is resident in another country shall be approved only in the following cases:
- The adopter or one of the adoptive family spouses is related into a fourth degree of kinship to the child from whom the domestic adoption procedure has been approved;
- The adopter or one of the adoptive family spouses is a Romanian citizen;
- The adopter is the spouse of the child natural parent.
Intercountry adoption involves the child’s moving to the receiving country after the adoption order is given by the Romanian courts.