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Adoption

You can become the parent of a child that you were not registered as the parent of at birth. This requires that you meet the conditions for adoption. Adoption is subject to both general and specific requirements, depending on the type of adoption.

Step­child adop­tion

Find out more about how to adopt your partner or spouse's child.

Fa­mily adop­tion

Find out more about how you can adopt a family member or foster child.

Da­nish al­tru­i­stic sur­ro­ga­cy agre­e­ments

By amending the Children's Act, it has become possible to register the parenthood of a child born to a surrogate mother on the basis of a Danish altruistic surrogacy agreement from 1 January 2025.

Foreign adop­tion

Find out more about how to adopt a child you don't know beforehand.

Foreign sur­ro­ga­cy agre­e­ments

From 1 January 2025 the amending Children's Act, has made it possible to register the parentage of a child born to a surrogate mother on the basis of a foreign surrogate agreement