Can same-sex couples adopt in Germany?
Joint adoption legal
Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Germany is one of 48 countries classified “Joint adoption legal” for same-sex adoption — 33% of the 147 with data. (Also searched as LGBT adoption.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: LGBTQ adoption
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Luxembourg
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
- Netherlands
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
- Czech Republic
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Austria
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
- Belgium
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
- Liechtenstein
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Other laws in Germany
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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