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  2. Adoption - Wikipedia

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    Adoption for the well-born Trajan became emperor of Rome through adoption by the previous emperor Nerva, and was in turn succeeded by his own adopted son Hadrian.Adoption was a customary practice of the Roman Empire that enabled peaceful transitions of power.

  3. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In international adoptions, children with brown skin color cost $8,200 less to adopt, and dark skin color $14,700 less to adopt, compared to Caucasian children. In domestic adoptions, adoptions cost $600 less per every additional year of age. Additionally, African American children cost $4,400 less than their Caucasian counterparts to adopt.

  4. Pet adoption - Wikipedia

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    A dog at an animal shelter. Pet adoption is the process of transferring responsibility for a pet that was previously owned by another party. Common sources for adoptable pets are animal shelters, rescue groups, or other pet owners.

  5. Adult adoption - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Colorado, one can adopt an adult of age 21 or older for inheritance purposes, but filiation will remain unaffected. [6] However, adoption of a person between the ages of 18 and 20 (inclusive) transfers both inheritance rights and filiation. [7] In most other American states, both filiation and inheritance rights are transferred.

  6. Adopt-a-Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Adopt-A-Highway program allows any organization to participate, which became a point of controversy when the Ku Klux Klan adopted a portion of Interstate 55 just south of St. Louis, Missouri. While legally the program had to uphold the groups' rights to participate, public outcry and repeated destruction of its sign was a cause of concern.

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    Another hidden meaning in the name is the origin of sapphic. Yes, the word that relates to lesbians. Sappho was the name of a famous Greek poet who wrote about her love of women.

  8. Cultural variations in adoption - Wikipedia

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    In Arab cultures, if a child is adopted, he or she traditionally does not become a "son" or "daughter", but rather a ward of the adopting caretaker(s). The child's surname is not changed to that of the adopting parent(s), who are publicly recognised as "guardians", making it close to other nations' systems for foster care.

  9. Second-parent adoption - Wikipedia

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    The second-parent adoption or co-parent adoption is a process by which a partner, who is not biologically related to the child, can adopt their partner's biological or adoptive child without terminating the first legal parent's rights. This process is of interest to many couples, as legal parenthood allows the parent's partner to do things such ...