Joint adoption, both domestic and international, is a legal procedure in which married couples or legally recognized cohabitating partners apply to be qualified as adoptive mother and father of a child or adolescent.

This act of shared responsibility implies that both parents share equal rights and obligations towards the adopted person. Joint adoption is a mutual commitment to provide love, care, and support at every stage of their development and growth. By adopting jointly, parents assume the legal and moral implications of providing a safe environment that ensures comprehensive development, well-being, and protection.

Individual adoption is a legal procedure in which a single person, regardless of their marital status, applies to be qualified as an adoptive parent of a child or adolescent. This process can be carried out both domestically and internationally. The applicant must meet the requirements established by law, such as being over 25 years old, having family, moral, psychological, social, economic, and health conditions that demonstrate aptitude and willingness to assume the exercise of parental authority, and not having been deprived of or suspended from exercising parental authority, among others.