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Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to live with the birth family, and the government is overseeing the care and adoption of the child. International adoptions involve the adoption of a child who was born outside the United States.
Adoption policies for each country vary widely. Information such as the age of the adoptive parents, financial status, educational level, marital status and history, number of dependent children in the house, sexual orientation, weight, psychological health, and ancestry are used by countries to determine what parents are eligible to adopt from that country.
Adoptions, live births and adoption/live birth ratios for a number of Western countries; Country Adoptions Live births Adoption/live birth ratio Notes Australia: 270 (2007–2008) [50] 254,000 (2004) [51] 0.2 per 100 live births Includes known relative adoptions England & Wales 4,764 (2006) [52] 669,601(2006) [53] 0.7 per 100 live births
Interracial adoption grew significantly from 1999 to 2005 where it reached its peak year at 585 adoptions to the United States. Following 2005, interracial adoption into the US declined with 288 adoptions in the year 2011. From 1999 to 2011, there has been 233,934 adoptions into the United States from other countries across the globe.
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National, or domestic, adoption laws deal with issues such as step-parent adoption, adoption by cohabitees, adoption by single parents and LGBT adoption. [1] Adoption laws in some countries may be affected by religious considerations such as adoption in Islam.
Although states still hold exclusive authority over family law within their territory, the federal government, birth countries, and international law now play a role in the process of international adoption. [3] The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 also improved the legalization process for international adoptees. This act allowed adoptees who ...