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| Region | Timor-Leste |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Single only |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 1858 (Who can adopt) of the Civil Code (Law No. 10/2011), states the following: 1. Two people who have been married for more than four years and have not been legally separated from people and goods or in fact can adopt, if both are over twenty-five years old. 2. Those who are over thirty years of age can also adopt or, if the adopting is the child of the adopter's spouse, more than twenty five years. 3. Only those who are not over sixty years old on the date on which the minor was entrusted to them can adopt, and from the age of fifty the age difference between the adopter and the adopted person cannot exceed fifty years.. |
| Sources | https://mj.gov.tl/jornal/files/Codigo_Civil.pdf https://adoption.com/forums/thread/120280/indonesian-east-timorese-adoptions/ |
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| Description | It is legal to adopt. However no laws for same sex couples. | Article 1858 (Who can adopt) of the Civil Code (Law No. 10/2011), states the following: 1. Two people who have been married for more than four years and have not been legally separated from people and goods or in fact can adopt, if both are over twenty-five years old. 2. Those who are over thirty years of age can also adopt or, if the adopting is the child of the adopter's spouse, more than twenty five years. 3. Only those who are not over sixty years old on the date on which the minor was entrusted to them can adopt, and from the age of fifty the age difference between the adopter and the adopted person cannot exceed fifty years.. |
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| Sources | https://adoption.com/forums/thread/120280/indonesian-east-timorese-adoptions/ | https://mj.gov.tl/jornal/files/Codigo_Civil.pdf https://adoption.com/forums/thread/120280/indonesian-east-timorese-adoptions/ |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| Description | No | It is legal to adopt. However no laws for same sex couples. |
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| Sources | No | https://adoption.com/forums/thread/120280/indonesian-east-timorese-adoptions/ |
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| Value | Illegal | Single only |
| Description | Homophobia is really bad there. | No |