Abstract:

Efficient mechanisms of social protection of children, in particular orphans and children deprived of parental care, are one of the main tasks of the state. Every child should be brought up in a family, for the family is the basis for the full-fledged functioning of the society. One of the manifestations of state care for an orphan is the possibility of his/her adoption. The main purpose of adoption is to ensure a full-fledged family upbringing and living of children who have lost their parents. The Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that the maintenance and upbringing of orphans and children deprived of parental care is entrusted to the state. Thus, finding efficient mechanisms for state regulation of the development of the adoption institute is a constitutional duty of the Ukrainian state. The Ukrainian legal framework systematizing the sphere of state regulation of the adoption contains imperfect contradictory norms. Competent public authorities are characterized by the lack of interaction, which leads to duplicating powers, inhibiting management processes, and reducing the quality of administrative services. This situation affects the development of this sphere. Thus, there is a need to study in a comprehensive way  the mechanisms of state regulation of  developing the institute of adoption and considering this matter at the research level. All this determines the relevance of the topic of research. The purpose of the article is to determine the prospects for the development of public policy in this area and ways to improve the mechanisms of state regulation of the institute of adoption in Ukraine.