Adoption

Adoption

Adoption is the process of assuming parenting for another, and in turn all rights and responsibilities attached to this, from the biological parents of the child being adopted.

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attachment

Parenting; Adoption

The formation by a child of significant and stable emotional connections with the significant people in its life. This process begins in early infancy as the child bonds with one or more primary ...

A simplified and standardized form that is used for the purpose of providing a certification of certain public documents relating to adoption, including notarized documents, that is used in countries ...

affidavit

Parenting; Adoption

A formal legal document containing written statements of legal significance that are being sworn to under oath by the author of the document, who is known as the "Affiant. " The act of signing the ...

adoptive parents

Parenting; Adoption

Although this term is often used to refer to both parents that are seeking to adopt, and parents that already have adopted, it is probably more commonly used to describe parents that are seeking to ...

adoption triangle

Parenting; Adoption

A term used to describe the three-sided relationship that exists in an adoption between birth parents, adoptive parents and the adoptee, each of which is interrelated and inter-dependent on the ...

adoption placement

Parenting; Adoption

This term is used to describe the point in time when your child comes to live with you in your home.

adoption plan

Parenting; Adoption

A formal Plan (usually in writing) that is created by one or both of the biological parents of a child who it is planned will be placed for adoption. The plan can be simple, or detailed and ...