Adoption
Adoption
Adoption, procedure by which people legally assume the role of parents for a person who is not their biological child. Adopted children become full members of their adopted family and have the same legal status as biological children. Although the majority of people who adopt are married couples, many single people also adopt.
Many people seek to adopt when they discover that they cannot give birth to biological children (see Infertility). Others adopt children to add new members to a family that includes biological children. Many people adopt simply to give a home and family to children who might not otherwise have them. Likewise, children become available for adoption for a variety of reasons. Some children are orphans. Some biological parents make arrangements for their children to be adopted because they cannot care for them due to illness or personal problems. Other children are abandoned by their biological parents.
Adoption is a common practice throughout the world and throughout history. However, laws regulating adoption vary from country to country. People seeking to adopt in a country other than the one in which they live, a process known as international adoption, should familiarize themselves with the laws of that country. Similarly, although every U.S. state recognizes adoption, state laws regarding specific aspects of adoption vary. Some states recognize adoptions by two people of the same sex or adoptions by a man and woman who are not married to one another.
Many states also allow the adoption of adults. Adults are usually adopted to ensure that they will inherit the estate of their adoptive parents (see Inheritance). Some states preserve the rights of an adopted adult to inherit from his or her biological parents after the adoption. (1)
In this Section: Adoption, Adoption and Foster Care, Adoption Contents (including Adoptions by Relatives or Stepparents, Agency and Private-Placement Adoptions, Adoptions: Intermediaries and Materially Assisting Persons and Open and Closed Adoptions), Adoption Legal Issues, International Adoption, Psychological Stress and Adoption Support Groups, Telling Adopted Children About Their Adoption, Searching for Biological Parents and Transracial Adoptions.
Adoption Explained
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- Marriage (in international or comparative law)
- Family (in international or comparative law)
- Visitation (in international or comparative law)
Main Elements in the United States Law
Adoption Defined
The American legal Ecyclopedia (including defining Adoption) offers a fundamental understanding of this topic, providing a fresh approach to the trends. The main entry thoroughly describes its application.
Termination of Parental Rights
The American legal Ecyclopedia offers a fundamental understanding of this topic, providing a fresh approach to the trends. The main entry thoroughly describes its application.
Open vs. Closed Adoptions
The American legal Ecyclopedia offers a fundamental understanding of this topic, providing a fresh approach to the trends. The main entry thoroughly describes its application.
Adoption by a Stepparent
The American legal Ecyclopedia offers a fundamental understanding of this topic, providing a fresh approach to the trends. The main entry thoroughly describes its application.
Working with an Adoption Lawyer
The American legal Ecyclopedia offers a fundamental understanding of this topic, providing a fresh approach to the trends. The main entry thoroughly describes its application.
Adoption
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on adoption explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
Adoption in Private International Law
This section contain conflict of laws information and cross references related to adoption on some major countries and additional jurisdictions. It covers key issues involved when citizens face international situations. Information on private international law cases and courts related to adoption is provided here. Details on private international law books are available here.
Description of Adoption
In this reference work, adoption is a sort of the Family law category.
Adoption
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- Marriage
- Family
- Visitation
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- Adoption by estoppel
- De facto adoption
- Equitable adoption
- Placement
- Private placement (Adoption)
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Further Reading
- Patricia Orejudo Prieto De Los Mozos, “Adoption”, Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Edward Elgar, 2017
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Further Reading
- The entry “adoption” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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The Legal History of Adoption
This section provides an overview of Adoption
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- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Adoption in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Adoption in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
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