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2. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. 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 ...

3. Uniform Adoption Act - Wikipedia

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   The Uniform Adoption Act (1994) is a model law (uniform act) proposed by the U.S. Uniform Law Commission. It attempts to "be a comprehensive and uniform state adoption code that: is consistent with relevant federal constitutional and statutory law; delineates the legal requirements and consequences of different kinds of adoption

4. Adoption and Safe Families Act - Wikipedia

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   ASFA was enacted in a bipartisan manner to correct problems inherent within the foster care system that deterred adoption and led to foster care drift. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, [1] although they had not been anticipated when that law was passed, as states decided to interpret that law as requiring biological ...

5. Adoption law - Wikipedia

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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.

6. Adoption in California - Wikipedia

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   More adoptions occur in California each year than any other state (followed closely by New York). There is domestic adoption (adopting a non-relative child from within the United States), international adoption (adopting a non-relative child from another country), step parent adoption (adopting a child who is the legal child of one's spouse) and adult adoption (the adoption of an adult from ...

7. New State Department ruling makes inter-country adoption ...

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   By improving the State Department’s inter-country adoption policies, we can help children in need gain access to safe and loving homes from the one to two million Americans looking to build ...