Permit and Management Regulations for Children and Youth Adoption Service Providers Article 24

Upon receiving a request for adoption matching by a prospective adoptee’s legal guardian, adoption matching service providers shall notify the local competent authority in the administrative region where the adoptee resides to determine the necessity of adoption.If adoption is deemed necessary, the local competent authority shall hand over the relevant adoptee case files to an appropriate adoption matching service provider, which shall then call an adoption matching meeting to choose a prospective adopter.The prospective adoptee’s legal guardian may notify the local competent authority to suspend the adoption matching process if they no longer wish to continue with the process.The local competent authority shall continue to provide support to the prospective adoptee and their family members after receiving the notification described in the preceding paragraph.Adoption matching service providers shall assist prospective adopters in obtaining court approval and, for international adoption cases, proof of having exhausted domestic adoption options.
中文原文 兒童及少年收出養媒合服務者許可及管理辦法第24條
收出養媒合服務者,接獲兒童及少年之法定代理人提出出養需求,應通知其居所地直轄市、縣(市)主管機關進行出養必要性評估。
直轄市、縣(市)主管機關評估兒童及少年有出養必要時,應洽請合適之收出養媒合服務者,並提供兒童及少年相關資料,召開媒合審查小組會議,選任合適之收養人。
兒童及少年之法定代理人,於收出養媒合服務期間改變意願不為出養時,收出養媒合服務者,應通知直轄市、縣(市)主管機關,並停止收出養媒合服務。
直轄市、縣(市)主管機關接獲前項通知,應提供兒童、少年及其家庭相關支持服務。
收出養媒合服務者,應協助辦理聲請法院收養認可事宜;其屬跨國境收養案件者,並應提供已進行國內優先收養之證明文件。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.