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Adoption

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000402

The legal process by which an individual assumes the parental rights and responsibilities for another person, usually a child, who is not their biological offspring. This creates a permanent legal parent-child relationship, severing the legal ties with the biological parents. Adoption laws vary by state and jurisdiction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000402
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000402",
  "term": "Adoption",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal process by which an individual assumes the parental rights and responsibilities for another person, usually a child, who is not their biological offspring. This creates a permanent legal parent-child relationship, severing the legal ties with the biological parents. Adoption laws vary by state and jurisdiction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/adoption/"
}

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