Adoption Glossary
Adoption is a complicated topic and there are many that can be confusing. We've created this glossary of adoption to help you understand the many different legal topics associated with the adoption process. Please browse the list below to see definitions of many common adoption . If you don't see the term listed that you're looking for, please use our Ask A Question form and we'll do our best to add the definition to our site.
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Adoption Law Glossary
- Abuse of a child
- Adoption
- Adoption Agency
- Adoption Attorney
- Adoption Disruption
- Adoption Dissolution
- Adoption Expense Tax Exclusion
- Adoption Facilitator
- Adoption Plan
- Adoption Records
- Adoptive Leave
- Artificial Insemination
- Biracial Adoptions
- Birth Father
- Birth Mother
- Black Market Adoptions
- Caseworker
- Child Neglect
- Closed Adoption
- Co-parenting
- Cooperative Adoption
- Developmental Disability
- DNA Testing
- Domestic Adoption
- Employer Benefits Adoption Package
- Finalization Hearing
- Form I-600
- Foster Adoption
- Foster Care
- Group Home
- Guardianship
- Home Study
- Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
- International Adoption
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children ICPC
- Long-term Foster Care
- Multi-Ethnic Placement Act of 1994
- Open Adoption
- Orphan
- Orphanage
- Parental Rights
- Paternity Testing
- Petition to Adopt
- Photo Profile
- Post Adoption Period
- Prenatal Substance Exposure
- Private Adoption Agency
- Public Adoption Agency
- Relinquishment
- Reunification
- Revocation
- Sealed Adoption Records
- Search and Consent Procedures
- Semi-Open Adoption
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