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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This term is probably more commonly used in the areas of business and construction. However, when used in the context of adoption, it refers to an individual or entity that is employed on a contract ...

Independent adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

These adoptions are arranged by an intermediary other than an adoption agency, such as a lawyer or a physician. The intermediary may find the birth mother for the adoptive parents, or may help the ...

Home study

Parenting; Adoption

A home study is sometimes called an "adoption study," and is a written report containing the findings of the social worker who has met on several occasions with the prospective adoptive parents, has ...

Orphan

Parenting; Adoption

Although this term has essentially been eliminated from normal use in our modern society, with reference to adoptions, it is still used with a very specific definition in the regulations of the U. S. ...

Open adoption

Parenting; Adoption

Every adoption of this type will be different, based on the type of relationship that the birth parents and the adoptive parents have agreed to. Both identifying and non-identifying information about ...

Life book

Parenting; Adoption

A pictorial and written representation of the life of a child, which is designed to help the child better understand make sense of its unique background and history. Although there is no required ...

Legal risk adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

An adoption programme that is only available in some states, where prospective adoptive parents are allowed to become foster parents to children before they become legally available for adoption. If ...