Adoption
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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 parent or parents.
Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction. Historically, some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption, while others used less formal means (notably contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation). Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.~
See also
- Adoption by celebrities
- Adoption in the United States
- Adult adoption
- Adoption fraud
- Affiliation
- Attachment disorder
- Attachment theory
- Attachment therapy
- Child welfare
- Child-selling
- Effects of adoption on the birth mother
- Foster care
- Genetic sexual attraction
- National Adoption Day
- Notable orphans and foundlings
- Parental leave
- Putative father registry
- Reactive attachment disorder
- Social work