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adoption
adoption Act of a person legally taking as a child one who is not his/her own by birth or law. In Britain, anyone over 21 years of age can legally adopt a child. Married couples must adopt ‘jointly’, unmarried couples may not adopt ‘jointly’. Adoptions are organized either by the social services departments of local authorities or by registered, voluntary agencies such as Barnardo's. An adoption is formally legalized by a High Court (Family Division) order. Usually the child's natural parent/s must consent to the adoption. Once adopted, the child assumes the rights and responsibilities of a natural legitimate offspring. When the adopted child reaches adulthood s/he can apply to obtain a full birth certificate.
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Adoption expenses credit: foreign-born child.
Magazine article from: The Tax Adviser; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...resident at the time the adoption commenced, the credit...is only available for adoptions that become final. Overview The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (IAA...adoptive parent (in adoptions by one parent) see...before or during the adoption proceedings. An IR4...
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Adoption of Site-Specific Information and Variable-Rate Technologies in Cotton Precision Farming
Magazine article from: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...identified factors that influence the adoption of precision farming technologies by...site-specific information, technology adoption, variable-rate application JEL Classifications...Properly specifying the sequential adoption relationship between site-specific...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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FOREIGN ADOPTIONS DECLINING IN U.S.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...drop in international adoptions is sad for children...National Council for Adoption. "National boundaries...having families." Adoptions from China, the No...time to complete an adoption from China has more...24 months or more. Adoptions from Russia also dropped...
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THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 2000: ARE ITS LAUDABLE GOALS WORTH ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SMALL ADOPTION AGENCIES, INDEPENDENT INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS, AND ETHICAL INDEPENDENT ADOPTION PROFESSIONALS?
Magazine article from: The George Washington International Law Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...parents pursuing independent adoptions, and for those adoption professionals assisting in independent adoptions.9 This Note will address...The Rise of Intercountry Adoption as an Alternative to Domestic Adoptions World War II produced not...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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DCFS adoptions up 70 percent over fiscal 1998
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 8/29/1999; 700+ words
; ...s goal of 5,500 adoptions for the just-ended fiscal year. The adoption statistics provide...attributes the increase in adoptions to collaborations...A breakdown of the adoption statistics shows that adoptions increased everywhere...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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International adoptions on rise
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 12/25/2001; 525 words
; ...coming. International adoptions are still on the rise...Radley, director of adoption at Lifelink Inc. based in Bensenville. "I see adoptions continuing without too...adoption is to contact an adoption agency. There are 10...do a large amount of adoptions, said Ron Davidson...
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Adoption at what price?(A)(Culture, Et Cetera)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...from Russia. Each adoption was more costly...projected. The twins' adoptions, for instance...000 now free for adoption. Federal law now forbids blocking adoptions because of race...Congress raised the adoption tax credit to...
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Adoption in the U.S.: the emergence of a social movement.
Magazine article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Adoption Movement, which has been evolving in...proactive, reformative social movement, adoption has reached the organizational, or institutional...other systems in society, to support adoption, and in the extent to which adoption...
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Adoption and the Internet: Wondrous results, and some sordid abuses
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 1/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...Gloria Hochman, the National Adoption Center spokeswoman, urged...illegal, but brokers and adoption lawyers are allowed to charge for services. Costs for many adoptions range from $10,000 to...Internet to revolutionize adoption in positive ways. Since 1995...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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ADOPTION: NEGLECTED ABORTION OPTION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 1/17/1987; 700+ words
; ...babies a year up for adoption - forty parents for...National Committee for Adoption. Those 50,000 adoptions are a pathetic 6 percent...from the 89,200 adoptions in 1970 - or 22 percent...nation's largest adoption agency, with offices...
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Adoption
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...Considerations In the past, adoption was viewed primarily as a means...has switched, however; now, adoption is ordinarily seen as an institution...that permit subsidization of adoptions. The adoption procedure thereby became a social...
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adoption
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...states now permit adoption by unmarried adults; some allow adoption by homosexual couples. Most adoptions are of the same race...states to hold up adoptions solely in order to...of the child. In adoption by unrelated adults...
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Adoption in the United States
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
...kinship or stepparent adoptions. Because of the dearth...healthy white infants for adoption, 20,099 adoptions in 2002 were intercountry...follow. These private adoption agencies, however...a small minority of adoptions. More typical were...
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Technology, Adoption of
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Technology, Adoption of The adoption of technology is represented in the popular imagination as a...neglects a number of important issues that shape technological adoption and the mechanisms of the process itself. The classic representation...
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Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS Diffusion is the process...social system, determine its rate of adoption. Some innovations diffuse relatively...determine an innovation's rate of adoption are its relative advantage, compatibility...
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