"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."
Adoption involves legally transferring parental rights and responsibilities from birth parents to adoptive parents. It aims to provide children with permanent and stable homes when they cannot return to their biological families.
"Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the adoptive parents."
"Adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status."
"Adoption 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..."
"Modern systems of adoption tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations."
"Adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status."
"A person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal 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."
"Some societies used contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation."
"Adoption requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction."
"Some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption..."
"Comprehensive statutes and regulations govern modern systems of adoption."
"Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities... to the adoptive parents."
"Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status."
"Adoption requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction."
"Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century..."
"Legal adoptions permanently transfer... filiation from the biological parents to the adoptive parents."