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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Adoption

A reversal or voiding of an adoption after its legal finalization. This can occur for a variety of reasons, the most common of which are: 1) That there was not a good match of the needs of the child ...

adoptee

Parenting; Adoption

Although this term refers to a person who has been adopted, there are many adopted individuals who do not like to be referred to in this way, because they consider themselves to be every bit as much ...

adoption agencies

Parenting; Adoption

An organization that is licensed in the state or states where it transacts its business, which is to assist in placing children needing parents with adoptive parents that are looking for children. ...

adoption

Parenting; Adoption

The official transfer through the court system of all of the parental rights that a biological parent has to a child, along with an assumption by the adopting parent of all of the parental rights of ...

adoption certificate

Parenting; Adoption

Also called certificate of adoption. An official document that is signed by an authority (judge) at the time of the finalization of the adoption, which triggers a new birth certificate to be issued ...

petition to adopt

Parenting; Adoption

An official document that is executed with the court to commence the adoption process. It states the legal basis for adopting a child, why the court has jurisdiction to grant the adoption, your ...