Latvian government approves changes to foreign adoption rules adoption of children to foreign countries, allowing such adoptions only to ensure proper care of these children in families. The new adoption regulation will only allow adoption from foster families if the Kristine Lemantovica, a legal representative of adoption agencies, Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption the adoption regulation in a timely manner, which Latvia had failed to Reirs dismissed the criticism of the change saying that adoptions by promote adoptions from institutions, not foster families. becoming adopters are not emotionally mature enough for adoption or in the adoption process... while foreign adopters will have to submit post-adoption reports. "The new adoption procedure for Orphan's Courts provides for concrete and precise deadlines for the adoption process, because so far this was * Adoption