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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Confidential adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

A more modern and more positive term that is used to describe what has been traditionally called "closed adoptions. "

The new birth certificate that is issued for an adopted child after an adoption becomes final, which shows the new name of the adopted child and the adoptive parents as the parents of the child, as ...

Agency adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

Adoption placements that are made by state licenced adoption agencies that screen prospective adoptive parents and supervise the placement of children in adoptive homes until the adoption is ...

Closed adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

This is the most traditional type of adoption that is still used today, but is declining in popularity as the focus in the relationships between adoptive parents and birth parents is shifting from ...

Caseworker

Parenting; Adoption

These are the individuals that prepare adoption home studies for prospective adoptive parents, assist prospective adoptive parents in obtaining their pre-adoption certification (where required), ...

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 organisation that is licenced 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. ...