Family Act Article 115
This English translation was last updated on 2012-01-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-06-21. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Except as otherwise provided in the statutory law, with regard to matters concerning recognition of adoption, the adopter and the adoptee shall be jointly listed as the applicants.The application for recognition of adoption shall, in a preparatory pleading or a transcript, indicate the adopter and the adoptee, the biological parents of the adoptee, and the spouse of the adopter or the adoptee.The application provided in the preceding paragraph shall be accompanied by the following documents:1. the contract for adoption;2. National I.D., Household Registration Form, passport or other I.D.;It is advisable that the application provided in the preceding paragraph be accompanied by the following documents:1. where the adoptee is a minor, documents evidencing the occupation, health or relevant assets of the adopters;2. where the adoptee is one party of a couple, the document showing the consent of the other party of the couple. Nonetheless, the forgoing is not applicable to circumstances provided in the last sentence of Article 1076 of the Civil Code;3. the document showing the consent of the parents of the adoptee who has been notarized. Nonetheless, the forgoing is not applicable to circumstances provided in the last sentence of Paragraph 1 and the last sentence of Paragraph 2 of Article 1076-1, and Paragraph 3 of Article 1076-2 of the Civil Code;4. where the adopter or the adoptee is a foreign national, the document showing the conformity of the adoption concerned with the relevant domestic law;5. the assessment report of the adoption and giving for adoption issued by a matching agent who has conducted visits and investigations.Where a document provided in the preceding paragraph is made outside the territory of the R.O.C., it shall be verified and certified by an R.O.C. embassy or mission abroad; where such a document is in a foreign language, it shall be accompanied by duly authenticated Chinese translations.
中文原文 家事事件法第115條
認可收養事件，除法律別有規定外，以收養人及被收養人為聲請人。
認可收養之聲請應以書狀或於筆錄載明收養人及被收養人、被收養人之父母、收養人及被收養人之配偶。
前項聲請應附具下列文件：
一、收養契約書。
二、收養人及被收養人之國民身分證、戶籍謄本、護照或其他身分證明文件。
第二項聲請，宜附具下列文件：
一、被收養人為未成年人時，收養人之職業、健康及有關資力之證明文件。
二、夫妻之一方被收養時，他方之同意書。
但有民法第一千零七十六條但書情形者，不在此限。
三、經公證之被收養人父母之同意書。
但有民法第一千零七十六條之一第一項但書、第二項但書或第一千零七十六條之二第三項情形者，不在此限。
四、收養人或被收養人為外國人時，收養符合其本國法之證明文件。
五、經收出養媒合服務者為訪視調查，其收出養評估報告。
前項文件在境外作成者，應經當地中華民國駐外機構驗證或證明；如係外文，並應附具中文譯本。
認可收養之聲請應以書狀或於筆錄載明收養人及被收養人、被收養人之父母、收養人及被收養人之配偶。
前項聲請應附具下列文件：
一、收養契約書。
二、收養人及被收養人之國民身分證、戶籍謄本、護照或其他身分證明文件。
第二項聲請，宜附具下列文件：
一、被收養人為未成年人時，收養人之職業、健康及有關資力之證明文件。
二、夫妻之一方被收養時，他方之同意書。
但有民法第一千零七十六條但書情形者，不在此限。
三、經公證之被收養人父母之同意書。
但有民法第一千零七十六條之一第一項但書、第二項但書或第一千零七十六條之二第三項情形者，不在此限。
四、收養人或被收養人為外國人時，收養符合其本國法之證明文件。
五、經收出養媒合服務者為訪視調查，其收出養評估報告。
前項文件在境外作成者，應經當地中華民國駐外機構驗證或證明；如係外文，並應附具中文譯本。