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Adoption: The official transfer through the court system of all of the parental rights that a biological parent has to a child, along with an assumption by the adopting parent of all of the parental rights of the biological parents that are being terminated and are assumed in their entirety by the adoptive parents, including the responsibility for the care and supervision of the child, its nurturing and training, its physical and emotional health, and its financial support.

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peggy sierminski - 2 months ago
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here's the scoop! my older daughter is adopted! she claims "you didn't need to sign anything or be in court! " they law clearly states that the natural parents : whereas found guilty of being unfit, or of abandenmant can the adoption not need to be signed! um.. my question is at what degree is this true! and is it legal for an adoption to take place if the natrual parents don't sign their rights away/ what part of that is legal? #1
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