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Tag: Adoption Definition

  • Veto

    The right of forbidding or denying without assigning any reasons therefor.

  • International Adoption

    Adoption of a child born outside of the United States….

  • Artificial Insemination

    Impregnation of a woman by one of many possible artificial reproductive technologies (ARTs)….

  • Protocol

    Protocol

    Adoption Legal Definition of Protective Factors Meaning of Protective Factors Strengths and resources that appear to mediate or serve as a “buffer” against risk factors that contribute to vulnerability to maltreatment or against the […]

  • Social Worker

    Adoption Legal Definition of Social Worker Meaning of Social Worker Person who completes home studies, works with birth parents and adoptive families in adoption situations.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus<div […]

  • Social Worker

    Adoption Legal Definition of Social Worker Meaning of Social Worker Person who completes home studies, works with birth parents and adoptive families in adoption situations.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus<div […]

  • Reunion

    Adoption Legal Definition of Reunion Meaning of Reunion A meeting between birthparent(s) and an adopted adult or between an adopted adult and other birth relatives. The adopted adult may have been placed as an infant and thus has no memory of the […]

  • Parental Leave

    Adoption Legal Definition of Parental Leave Meaning of Parental Leave See LeaveLearn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Parental Leave in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or run […]

  • Maternity Leave

    Adoption Legal Definition of Maternity Leave Meaning of Maternity Leave See LeaveLearn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Maternity Leave in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or […]

  • Financial Aid

    Adoption Legal Definition of Financial Aid Meaning of Financial Aid See Benefit and Subsidy.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Financial Aid in the Encyclopedia of Law Project […]

  • Orphan

    A child whose parents are dead.

  • Confidentiality

    Adoption Legal Definition of Confidentiality Meaning of Confidentiality The legally required process of keeping identifying or other significant information secret; the principle of ethical practice which requires social workers and other […]

  • Guardianship

    Guardianship

    The power of protective authority given by law, and imposed on an individual who is free and in the enjoyment of his rights, over one whose weakness on account of his age or infirmity renders him unable to protect himself. …

  • Add

    Adoption Legal Definition of Active Registries Meaning of Active Registries Reunion registries which do not require that both parties register their consent. Once one party is registered, a designated individual (often an agency or court […]

  • Add

    Adoption Legal Definition of Active Registries Meaning of Active Registries Reunion registries which do not require that both parties register their consent. Once one party is registered, a designated individual (often an agency or court […]