The aim of the final thesis is to show how the novelties provided by the Family Act 2015. influence the duration of the adoption process. The steps in the procedure, from the submission of the request to the establishment of the adoption, defined by the deadlines prescribed by the Protocol on procedure in adoption procedures, are described. As the positive changes, professional preparation for the adoptive parents and professional support after the establishment of the adoption are stated. Relevant statistical data on the number of children eligibile for adoption and potential adoptive parents inscribed in the Register of prospective adopters are presented in the thesis. The disproportion between the number of potential adoptive parents who wish to adopt children of lower chronological age and the number of such children eligible for adoption can be attempted to be overcome by cooperation of all institutions to encourage potential adoptive parents to adopt children older than the age of six. The duration of the process can be expedited by the initiation of an earlier and more frequent deprivation of parental care process, which would result in child's shorter stay in some form of temporary care and a greater number of established adoptions.