The theme of this final work is about the process of constituting adoption and all the components it implies. Within the aforementioned topic, the whole legal process of adopting a child is explained in the paper; from the very assumptions of constituting adoption until the legal effects that adoption brings. In addition, the paper explains the importance, goals and method of preparation of all the participants of adoption, as well as the role of the Center for Social Welfare, which is a very important factor throughout the whole process. Given that the paper is intended for potential adopters, it provides detailed and helpful guidelines explaining how to correlate and create relationships with the child they want to adopt, the importance of collecting information about the child before adoption and the process of adapting the child to the new family. At the end of the paper, further details of additional types of adoptive parent education are included, which include education and preparation for adoption.