The types of adoption given below are only applicable to you if you decide to follow the non-religious law on adoption.1 If you follow the Hindu adoption laws,2 there are no specific types of adoptions.
These are the following categories of adoption procedures:
- Adoption by resident Indians (residing in India)
- Adoption of a child from a foreign country by Indian citizens
- Adoption by Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) or a foreigner living in India
- Adoption by OCI or Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or a foreigner living abroad
- Adoption by step-parent
- Adoption by relative
- In-country adoption i.e. adoption within India
- Inter-country adoption
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.[↩]
- Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.[↩]