Adoption law

Law relating to adoption

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Adoption application forms.

Adoption law is the generic area of legal theory, policy making, legal practice and legal studies relating to law on adoption.

## National adoption laws

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National, or domestic, adoption laws deal with issues such as step-parent adoption, adoption by cohabitees, adoption by single parents and LGBT adoption.[1] Adoption laws in some countries may be affected by religious considerations such as adoption in Islam.

### Specific laws

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Laws vary widely from country to country and in the likes of United States, from state to state.

## Intercountry adoption laws

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Main article: International adoption

Intercountry adoption laws vary widely.[2]

## References

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1. ^ J. H. M. van Erp, Lars Peter Wunibald van Vliet Netherlands Reports to the Seventeenth International ... 2006 - Page 100 "... legal rules applying to adoption (step-parent adoption, adoption by cohabitees, adoption by single parents and same-sex parents) as well as with regard to the nature of adoption (intercountry adoption versus national adoption).... "
2. ^ Cynthia R. Mabry, Lisa Kelly Adoption Law: Theory, Policy and Practice -- 2006 - Page 459 "Some prospective adoptive parents choose certain countries because the country's adoption laws are more favorable to foreign adopters. Other prospective parents choose a particular country because more infants are available immediately."

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Adoption and foster care

Adoption by country|

* Australia
* France
* Guatemala
* Italy
* Philippines
* United Arab Emirates
* United States
* South Korea
* Switzerland

Foster care by country|

* Australia
* Canada
* United Kingdom
* United States

Issues|

* Adopted child syndrome
* Adoption disclosure
* Adoption home study
* Adoption reunion registry
* Adoptee rights
* Adoption tax credit
* Aging out
* Child abuse
* Child laundering
* Political abuse of psychiatry
* Closed adoption
* Cultural variations in adoption
* Disruption
* Genealogical bewilderment
* International adoption
* Interracial adoption
* Language of adoption
* Same-sex adoption
* Australia
* Brazil
* Europe
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Open adoption
* Sealed birth records
* History of children in the military

Laws|

* Access to Adoption Records Act (Ontario)
* Adoption Information Disclosure Act (Ontario)
* Adoption and Safe Families Act (US)
* Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (US)
* Christian law of adoption (India)
* Dima Yakovlev Law (Russia)
* Foster Care Independence Act (US)
* Hague Adoption Convention
* Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (India)
* Indian Child Welfare Act (US)
* Islamic adoptional jurisprudence
* Putative father registry (US)
* Uniform Adoption Act (US)

History|

* Adoption in ancient Rome
* Fosterage

Controversial violations of rights
in adoption or child custody|

* List of international adoption scandals
* American Indian boarding schools/American Indian outing programs
* Indian Placement Program
* Canadian Indian residential school system
* Tennessee Children's Home Society
* Baby Scoop Era
* Sixties Scoop
* Home Children
* Michael A. Hess
* Forced adoption in Australia
* Forced adoption in the United Kingdom
* Devshirme
* Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
* Tianjin Massacre
* Mortara case
* Child abductions in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Postremo mense
* Romanian orphanage phenomenon
* Jewish orphans controversy

Historical criticism of orphanages|

* Duplessis Orphans
* Mount Cashel Orphanage
* Mary Norris
* St. John's Orphanage

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Policing|

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Obscenity|

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Reproduction|

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Marriage|

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ownership|

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Other|

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* List of international rankings
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