SUBSTITUTE FAMILY CARE IN THE SELECTED MEMBER STATES ON THE EUROPEAN UNION
SUBSTITUTE FAMILY CARE IN THE SELECTED MEMBER STATES ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: At present, in most of the EU countries a system to adopt a baby represents a very slow and legislatively demanding process. The reasoning is that the process is about a possibility of getting a child into a foster family, which has an impact on his future development as well as on overall integration into the society. Due to this reason, all Member States of the European Union approach this step with very serious concerns. Our paper aims to highlight the various differences in legal regulations of selected Member States, to assess the state-of-play of this element of social policy and to create a comprehensive comparison of foster care in the Czech Republic, France, and Great Britain. We conclude that each system of substitute family care in the examined countries is based on different social systems and from this point of view there are also differences that should be taken into account when assessing and examining the adoption and foster care policies.

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