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Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents. After the finalization of an adoption, there is little or no legal difference between biological and adopted children.
Different jurisdictions have varying laws on adoption and post-adoption. Some practice confidential or closed adoption, preventing further contact between the adopted person and the biological parents, while others have varying degrees of open adoption, which may allow such contact. An underreported fact is that open adoptions are not legally enforceable agreements in many jurisdictions[1]. I.e., an open adoption may be closed at any time for any reason. (this article compliments of Wikipedia)
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Adoption News
For some children in state care, adoption comes as happy ending (Austin American-Statesman) Adoption anxiety torments the quiet 14-year-old. | Five former racing dogs up for adoption (The Alliance Review) Duster, a 4-year-old black bindle male, and Pasha, a 4-year-old red fawn female, are two of five former racing greyhounds who will be up for adoption when the eighth annual Greyhound Gathering is held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Wildwood Park in Louisville, located off of Stertzbach Avenue. | 'Ours in our hearts' - Family's patience rewarded with adoption of son from Ethiopia (The Holland Sentinel) Unable to care for her young son, the woman left the boy at an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, then disappeared into the swarming city of nearly 4 million people. The boy named Tariku, just a few months old, was last fall referred through an adoption agency to Jeff and Carri Lindell of Holland. The couple, who already had one biological son, fell in love with Tariku the first time ... | Children's watchdog pushes for kids' photos on adoption website (Victoria Times Colonist) Provincial children's advocate Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wants the government to follow the lead of other Canadian provinces and post pictures of children up for adoption on the Internet. | Pink Considers Adoption (Soundbuzz) (Yahoo!7 Music News) Pink Considers Adoption |

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