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The agency was later called Christian Adoption and Family Services. In 1994, Ron Stoddart, a California adoption attorney, assumed leadership. [5] The agency changed its name to Nightlight Christian Adoptions and has offices in multiple states. [2] It arranges adoptions within the United States and from twelve foreign countries.
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.
In April 2006, a 20-year-old woman in Illinois contacted an adoption agency about placing her child for adoption. Godwin, as attorney for the agency, matched her to adoptive parents in South Carolina. [23] The adoptive parents hired an Illinois attorney, Denise Patton, to arrange the transfer of custody. [23]
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Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.
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.
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