Adoption is an ancient and honourable and universal means of creating families, providing for children without parents, and building community.
A permanent, legally binding arrangement whereby persons other than the birthparents parent the child.
A court procedure in which an adult becomes the legal parent of someone who is not his or her biological child.
A legal process in which an individual becomes a legal parent of another's child.
The legal process by which a person takes a child of which they are not the biological parent as their own.
the establishment by court order of the legal relationship of parent and child . . . .” CONN. GEN. STATS. §45a-707(a)
A court procedure by which a person becomes the legal parent of someone else's child. Adoption creates a parent-child relationship recognized for all legal purposes.
An emotional and legal process for establishing parent-child and family relationships other than biologically but having the same legal protections and social status.
Legal proceeding whereby a person takes another into the relation of child and thereby acquires the rights and incurs the responsibilities of a parent.
The process by which a person who is unrelated by blood or marriage to a child becomes the legal parent of the child. Introduced in England and Wales in 1926, it is now the preferred option for the long term care of children who are unlikely ever to return to their own families.
A process by which parental rights and responsibilities are transferred to an adoptive parent by a court. The child legally becomes part of the adoptive family.
The act by which a person takes the child of another into his or her own family and makes the child, for all legal purposes, his or her own child.
Is the choice that adults make when birth parents cannot be nurturing parents for their children. This is when adoptive parents become the nurturing parents.
The legal process that permanently gives parental rights to adoptive parents. Once an adoption is finalized, children cannot be taken from their adoptive parents.
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
a court order making a non-parent a parent of the child
a legally monitored and closely confidential matter, especially when it involves very young children who may have a traumatic background
a legal procedure, which cannot be reversed once you sign relinquishment papers or consents for a specific family to adopt your child
a legal process by which a person who is not a child's biological parent obtains all of the legal rights and responsibilities of the child's biological parents
a legal process that permanently ends the natural parent's rights and responsibilities toward the minor
a legal process that terminates the parental rights of birth parents and substitutes new (adoptive) parents as the permanent, legal parents for a child
a legal process which permanently gives parental rights to adoptive parents
a new parent-child relationship created through the courts
a special occasion that the parents will want to celebrate, and a shower is a great way to do that, even if the adopted child is older
A court action in which an adult assumes legal and other responsibilities for another, usually a minor.
The legal process by which a child (or adult) that is not a related by blood may be brought into oneâ€(tm)s family and be given the right and privileges of a natural child and heir.
The legal process in which a couple adopt a child and become its legal parents.
a permanent, legally binding arrangement through which a person, usually a child or teenager, becomes a member of a new family. In this arrangement, persons other than the birth parents assume all parental rights and obligations. The birth parents no longer have these rights and obligations and are no longer the legal parents of the child.
To legally accept the child of other parents to raise as one's own child.
Taking a person, usually a child or infant, into one's home and treating him or her as thought born into the family. The legal process involves changing court records to show the legal transfer from the birth parent to the adopting parent. Adopting gives the individual the same rights of inheritance as other children the adoptive parents the same responsibilities and rights of control as other parents.
legal process where parental rights are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents.
Adoption is a way of ending the legal relationship between a child and the child's biological parents. Adoption creates a new legal relationship between the child and the child's adoptive parents.
A legal relationship between two people not biologically related, usually terminating the rights of biological parents, and usually with a trial "live-in" period. Once an adoption is finalized, the records are sealed and only the most compelling interests will enable disclosure of documents.
A process in which a rescued pet is placed into a permanent home.
The legal transfer of all parental rights and obligations from one person or couple to another person or couple.
A legally recognized process that creates a parent-child relationship between individuals who are not biologically related to each other.
The legal process by which a child becomes the child of the adopting parent and ceases to be the child of any person who was its parent before the adoption.
Permanent legal transfer of all parental rights and responsibilities from one family to another.
Adoption is where a child legally becomes the child of someone other than a birth parent. (This is different to parenting orders in the Family Court)• Adoption• Child Protection• Paternity• Same sex couples
taking on the legal responsibility of rearing another's child as one's own.
A legal action in which an adult or adults is provided legal and permanent custody of a child
The act of taking another person as one's own with all the rights and responsibilities that would have existed between parent and child.
The complete transfer of parental rights and obligations from one parent or set of parents to another. A legal adoption requires a court action.
the process by which an adult becomes the legal parent of a child who is not his or her offspring.
The act of petitioning the courts to become the legal parent of a minor child or an adult.
Placement of a child with persons other than his natural parents, with full legal parental authority vested in the adoptive parents.
legal process involving the transfer of parental rights from birth parents to adoptive parents.
A legally adopted child has rights of inheritance in the estate of his/her adoptive parent(s) but not in the estate of his or her natural parent.
A legal process in which a child becomes part of a family to which he or she was not born.
The act of creating the legal relationship between a parent and child where it did not exist, thereby declaring the child to be legally the child of the adoptive parent(s) and their heir at law, entitled to all the rights and privileges and subject to all the obligations of a child born to such adoptive parent(s).
The creation of parental rights and responsibilities by a probate court after the termination of all rights and responsibilities of the birth parents or any other person holding legal rights to the child. Children become available for adoption in the United States through one of two routes: parental rights are terminated by the court due to abuse, neglect, or dependency adjudication, and permanent custody is given to an agency who is then is responsible to find a permanent family for the child; or the individual holding parental rights of a child signs a permanent surrender to an agency without adversarial proceedings. In many states, the court must approve of the signing of a voluntary surrender for children over the age of six months.
The process you go through to become a childâ€(tm)s legal parent.
An ‘Adopted Child' is defined in section 101(b)(1)(E) of the Act as ‘a child adopted while under the age of sixteen years who has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, the adopting parent or parents for at least two years: Provided, that no natural parent of any such adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this chapter.' Public Law 106-139, signed by the President on December 7, 1999, amended section 101(b)(1)(E) of the Act to add that a child who is a natural sibling of an adopted child described above, and who was adopted by the adoptive parent or parents of the sibling while the child was under the age of eighteen, is also a ‘child' as defined by the Act. The child must otherwise fall under the definition of a child under paragraph (E) except that the child was adopted while under the age of eighteen. See Adoption
The judicial act creating the legal parental relationship when no genetic linkage exists.
legally taking a child of other parents into the family.
Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent (or parents) other than the birth parents. Adoption begins with the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents. After the finalization of an adoption, there is generally no legal difference between biological and adopted children in most jurisdictions.