Amendments to the law are likely to be pursued so that even single singles can adopt their own children if they are able to raise them.
Recently, the task force of the Ministry of Justice's 'One-person household for social coexistence' announced that they had agreed to amend the adoption-related law.
The current civil law stipulates that the requirement for adopting a child is 'a married couple must adopt jointly'.
Therefore, unmarried singles cannot adopt, even if they have the will and ability to raise them.
This is because there is a concern that single people will have to take care of raising children alone, so raising them will be disadvantageous compared to a married family with both parents.
However, the 'One-person household for social coexistence' TF agreed that the system should be improved so that single people can adopt their own children if they have the will and ability to raise children well.
However, the Ministry of Justice said that if a single person adopts a single child, the child rearing ability should be thoroughly reviewed during the family court review stage.