Lisa, 9, cannot be adopted – the Court of Appeal says no

The foster parents are not allowed to adopt nine-year-old Lisa.

The Court of Appeal says no.

Now the girl risks being deported to Albania herself and placed in an orphanage.

Lisa, 9, lives in a foster home and her foster home parents want to adopt her, which Aftonbladet previously reported on.

The District Court has previously said no and now the Court of Appeal makes the same assessment.

The fact that the girl lived with the family for only three years is part of the assessment, as well as the fact that she had close contact with her biological mother. Her biological parents have already been deported and now the girl is also threatened with deportation.

– What the Court of Appeal had to consider is whether an adoption is suitable, not whether the girl should be deported or not. That question is not decided by the Court of Appeal, says Court of Appeal lawyer Linda Hallstedt, in a press release.

Both the District Court and the Court of Appeal consider that an adoption is not in the best interests of the child.

A deportation to Albania would mean that authorities in the country would receive her and that she would likely be placed in an orphanage.

The text is updated.