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  2. Uniform Adoption Act - Wikipedia

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    § 1-108 Recognition of adoption decree in another jurisdiction ARTICLE 2. ADOPTION OF MINORS PART 1. PLACEMENT OF MINORS FOR ADOPTION § 2-101 Who may place minor for adoption § 2-102 Direct placement for adoption by parent or guardian § 2-103 Placement for adoption by agency § 2-104 Preferences for placement when agency places a minor

  3. Baby Jessica case - Wikipedia

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    The "Baby Jessica" case was a highly publicized custody battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s between Jan and Roberta DeBoer, the couple who attempted to adopt the child, and her biological parents, Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen.

  4. Foster care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]

  5. Selective placement - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] There is evidence that selective placement was a major confound in many early studies of twins reared apart. [4] Some adoption studies report little or no evidence of selective placement. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] For example, a 1979 study by Ho et al. reported a generally low level of selective placement in adopted children for ...

  6. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Dogs saved from West Bank are up for adoption in Detroit - AOL

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    Ten of the dogs ended up in Michigan for adoption. The dogs were suffering fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, raging on the other side of Israel since Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing ...

  8. Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - Wikipedia

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    The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA) was enacted by the US Government on June 17, 1980. Its purpose is to establish a program of adoption assistance; strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children; and improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs.

  9. Nightlight Christian Adoptions - Wikipedia

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    Nightlight Christian Adoptions is a national, non-profit, Hague-accredited, pro-life licensed adoption agency that counsels pregnant women and arranges adoptions. They have locations in ten U.S. states and arrange adoptions both domestically and internationally. The agency was founded in 1959.

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