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

This is a period of time of an unspecified length after an adoption is finalised during which the members of this new group of legally related individuals learn together to become a real family unit, ...

Orphanage

Parenting; Adoption

Institution that houses children who are orphaned, abandoned, or whose parents are unable to care for them. Orphanages are rarely used in the United States, although they are more frequently used ...

Post-institutionalized child

Parenting; Adoption

Children adopted from institutional, hospital, or orphanage settings. The term is used to describe an array of emotional and psychological disturbances, developmental delays, learning disabilities, ...

Interstate compact on the placement of children (I

Parenting; Adoption

An interstate compact, or agreement, that has been enacted into law by all 50 states in the United States, and the District of Columbia, which controls the lawful movement of children from one state ...

Irrevocable consent

Parenting; Adoption

A Consent to Adoption that has been signed by the biological parent of a child that is being placed for adoption, which under state law cannot be revoked after it is signed, unless the court ...

International adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

These adoptions involve children who were born in a country other than where the adoptive parents reside or are citizens, or who are citizens of a country other than where they live. These adoptions ...

Institutionalisation

Parenting; Adoption

The short-term or long-term placement of children in institutions, such as hospitals, group homes or orphanages. Placement in institutions during early critical developmental periods, and for lengthy ...