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Temporal applicability of adoption procedure provisions to final pre-amendment judicial approvals

Case Number ICCJ_229574
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Inalta Curte de Casație și Justiție) admitted the reference submitted by the Timișoara Court of Appeal and established a mandatory legal interpretation, resolving a dispute concerning the procedural applicability of adoption regulations. The core issue was whether the specific provisions governing the adoption procedure, originally enacted in 2004, applied to judicial approvals that had become final prior to the entry into force of subsequent amendments in 2020. The Court ruled that the provisions of Article 100, paragraph 1 of Law No. 273/2004 (as amended) are applicable even when the initial court decision became final before the enactment of Law No. 268/2020, thereby clarifying the temporal scope of procedural rules in adoption cases and establishing a binding precedent for all lower courts under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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art. 100 ind. 1 din Legea nr.273/2004, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Temporal applicability of adoption procedure provisions to final pre-amendment judicial approvals: The core issue was whether the specific provisions governing the adoption procedure, originally enacted in 2004, applied to judicial approvals that had become final prior to the entry into force of subsequent amendments in 2020. The Court ruled that the provisions of Article 100, paragraph 1 of Law No. 273/2004 (as amended) are applicable even when the initial court decision became final before the enactment of Law No. 268/2020, thereby clarifying the temporal scope of procedural rules in adoption cases and establishing a binding precedent for all lower courts under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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adoption law scope of applicable law approval procedure article of civil procedure interpretation of the law rules of procedure

Cited Legislation

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art. 100 ind. 1 din Legea nr.273/2004
The substantive provision whose applicability was explicitly determined by the court's final order to resolve the referred question of law.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding and mandatory nature of the decision issued by the Full Panel for resolving questions of law.
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Decizia nr. 326/2025
Temporal application of adoption support allowances: retroactivity to pre-legislative final judicial authorizations under Civil Code Article 6(6)
Decizia nr. 862/2010
Adoption procedure: loss of defendant's procedural capacity due to legislative transfer of authority to local directorate
Decizia nr. 833/2025
Adoption approval finality blocks nullification petition and subsequent appeal under Law No. 273/2004
Decizia nr. 2002/2020
Inadmissibility of cassation appeal against final judgment on revision of adoption decree
Decizia nr. 2751/2010
Inadmissibility of constitutional challenge to legislative adoption procedure rather than substantive text

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art. 100 ind. 1 din Legea nr.273/2004

The substantive provision whose applicability was explicitly determined by the court's final order to resolve the referred question of law.

art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding and mandatory nature of the decision issued by the Full Panel for resolving questions of law.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta deciziei nr. 326 Dosar nr. 2653/1/2024

Ședința din 22 septembrie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Timişoara - Secţia de contencios administrativ şi fiscal în dosarul nr.3795/30/2023 şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

„Dispoziţiile art. 100 ind. 1 din Legea nr.273/2004 privind procedura adopţiei, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, sunt aplicabile şi în situaţia în care hotărârea judecătorească de încuviinţare a rămas definitivă înainte de intrarea în vigoare a Legii nr. 268/2020 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr.273/2004 privind procedura adopţiei, precum şi pentru abrogarea art. 5 alin. (7) lit. ş) şi cc) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 11/2014 privind adoptarea unor măsuri de reorganizare la nivelul administraţiei publice centrale şi pentru modificarea şi completarea unor acte normative.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 22 septembrie 2025.