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2. Adoption - Wikipedia

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   Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.

3. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Adoption in the United States. 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.

4. Closed adoption - Wikipedia

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   Closed adoption (also called " confidential " adoption and sometimes " secret " adoption) is a process by which an infant is adopted by another family, and the record of the biological parent (s) is kept sealed. Often, the biological father is not recorded—even on the original birth certificate. An adoption of an older child who already knows ...

5. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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   Sealed birth records. Sealed birth records refers to the practice of sealing the original birth certificate upon adoption or legitimation, often making a copy of the record unavailable except by court order. Upon finalization of the adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and replaced with an amended birth certificate declaring the ...

6. Second-parent adoption - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The second-parent adoption or co-parent adoption is a process by which a partner, who is not biologically related to the child, can adopt their partner's biological or adoptive child without terminating the first legal parent's rights. This process is of interest to many couples, as legal parenthood allows the parent's partner to do ...

7. Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - Wikipedia

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   Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 30, 2000. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) is a United States federal law that amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 regarding acquisition of citizenship by children of US citizens and added protections for individuals who have voted in US elections in the mistaken belief ...

8. Gladney Center for Adoption - Wikipedia

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   Gladney Center for Adoption. The Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas, US, provides adoption and advocacy services. Following its 1880s origins, when it focused on locating homes for orphans during a period of mass migration. It evolved into lobbying, international adoptions, counseling, maternity services, education and philanthropy.

9. Hague Adoption Convention - Wikipedia

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   The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (or Hague Adoption Convention) is an international convention dealing with international adoption, child laundering, and child trafficking in an effort to protect those involved from the corruption, abuses, and exploitation which sometimes accompanies international adoption. [1]