Can same-sex couples adopt in Greece?
Joint adoption legal
Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Greece 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
- North Macedonia
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Albania
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Bulgaria
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Montenegro
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Serbia
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Limited (step-child / single) Joint adoption is not open to same-sex couples; step-child or single-person adoption is.
Other laws in Greece
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.