Model of a Declaration of Awareness.

We,__________________________(petitioners’ names)
___________________________before the State Judiciary Commission-CEJA/SC,
declare awareness of the following Brazilian laws:

1) The process of adoption is free of charge and secret before the Judiciary;
2) The adoption in Brazil is irrevocable;
    ​ 3) As prospective adoptive parents we are aware that we must not establish any contact with possible adoptive child’s parents nor any person who has the child’s guardianship before:
    ​ 3.1. The State Judiciary Commission of Adoption – CEJA/SC has issued the authorization.
3.2. The Judge on the Child and the Adolescent has considered the priority in adoptions is given to Brazilian citizens; 
3.3. The Judge has declared the child being adopted is officially available for international adoption



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