Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents. After the finalization of an adoption, there is no legal difference between biological and adopted children.

Different jurisdictions have varying laws on adoption and post-adoption. Some practice confidential or closed adoption, preventing further contact between the adopted person and the biological parents, while others have varying degrees of open adoption, which may allow such contact. However, an underreported fact is that open adoptions are not legally enforceable agreements in many jurisdictions^*. I.e., an open adoption may be closed at any time for any reason.

Reasons for adoption

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Adoptions occur for many reasons. Many children are placed for adoption as a result of the biological parents' decision that they are unable to adequately care for a child. In some countries, where single motherhood may be considered scandalous and unacceptable, some women in this situation make an adoption plan for their infants. In some cases, they abandon their children at or near an orphanage, so that they can be adopted. In some cases and some cultures, a parent or parents prefer one gender over another and place any baby who is not the preferred gender for adoption.

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too late to make a xmas wish? plz santa let our office adopt dopplr or tripit so we can toss away those "my whereabouts" emails. ya basta.
suttonhoo (suttonhoo) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:39:05 -0000
too late to make a xmas wish? plz santa let our office adopt dopplr or tripit so we can toss away those "my whereabouts" emails. ya basta.
A wish for the decade from Delaware: US to fully adopt the metric system: http://bit.ly/754YiO
UKMetric (UKMA) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:38:37 -0000
A wish for the decade from Delaware: US to fully adopt the metric system: http://bit.ly/754YiO
At a World Orphan Project event...heartbroken for these kids...8 or 9 of them here...wish there was any easy bridge to adopt...
jonmoore77 (Jonathan Moore) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:22:55 -0000
At a World Orphan Project event...heartbroken for these kids...8 or 9 of them here...wish there was any easy bridge to adopt...
I hate thse sad comericals asking for $$ to help save animals and starving kids i wish i was brangelina and can just adopt them all
TMLfan27 (Emma Lee) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:49:06 -0000
I hate thse sad comericals asking for $$ to help save animals and starving kids i wish i was brangelina and can just adopt them all
I kind of wish the Lamberts would adopt me...you know, just to play board games and stuff.
BeccaGo (Rebecca Godan) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:37:15 -0000
I kind of wish the Lamberts would adopt me...you know, just to play board games and stuff.
@PopandIce there is no reason to be ashamed... it actually makes me wish you'd adopt me.
GingerMandy (Mandy) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:25:42 -0000
@PopandIce there is no reason to be ashamed... it actually makes me wish you'd adopt me.

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