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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RT @majornelson: I wish the US would just adopt the Metric System. It makes so much more sense, and is easier to calculate conversions.
caiopro (Caio Proença) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:22 -0000
RT @majornelson: I wish the US would just adopt the Metric System. It makes so much more sense, and is easier to calculate conversions.
@jamesbirket No! I shall never adopt social networking technology! Never! Why on earth would I need or wish to use it? Y do u use it?
by73c0d3 (Byte Code/) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:09 -0000
@jamesbirket No! I shall never adopt social networking technology! Never! Why on earth would I need or wish to use it? Y do u use it?
RT @RickyMaveety @AuntieStress Makes me wish I was back in California and free to adopt more. Stuck here in Texas, ... http://bit.ly/27WRvC
ToDoInTX (ToDoInTX) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:34:15 -0000
RT @RickyMaveety @AuntieStress Makes me wish I was back in California and free to adopt more. Stuck here in Texas, ... http://bit.ly/27WRvC
ahahahaha ;Lauren: 'Aweh! That dogs homeless, I wish we could adopt it.' Audrina: 'That mens homeless, do you want to adopt him to?' lmfao
BVBforShazam (Shazeen Arshad) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:28:26 -0000
ahahahaha ;Lauren: 'Aweh! That dogs homeless, I wish we could adopt it.' Audrina: 'That mens homeless, do you want to adopt him to?' lmfao
I wish the US would just adopt the Metric System. It makes so much more sense, and is easier to calculate conversions. (via @majornelson)
kansupabanpot (Kan Supabanpot) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:26:40 -0000
I wish the US would just adopt the Metric System. It makes so much more sense, and is easier to calculate conversions. (via @majornelson)
@AuntieStress Makes me wish I was back in California and free to adopt more. Stuck here in Texas, I can do nothing.
RickyMaveety (Ricky Maveety) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:10:36 -0000
@AuntieStress Makes me wish I was back in California and free to adopt more. Stuck here in Texas, I can do nothing.

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