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  2. Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act

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    The Uniform Parental Rights, Enforcement and Protection Act (UPREPA) was developed in September 2000, as a petition to the United States, and to several of the individual states. It is founded upon the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. The purpose of the reform was to guarantee that a child's ...

  3. Emancipation of minors - Wikipedia

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    Parents have a number of legal duties while bringing up their biological or adopted child (e.g., a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the child). Failure to meet these requirements can result in the state taking civil and/or criminal action against the child's parent(s).

  4. Central American Minors Program - Wikipedia

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    An in-country parent qualifies if they are part of the same household and economic unit as the qualifying child, legally married to the qualifying parent in the U.S. at the time the qualifying parent files the AOR, and is still legally married to the qualifying parent at the time of admission or parole to the U.S. [1] An in-country parent of ...

  5. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, most adoptions involve a child being adopted by a person who is married to a birth parent, or by another existing relative. [4] Adoption by a stepmother or stepfather is called a step-parent. If the child is adopted by a person who lives with, but is not married to, a birth parent, then it is called a second-parent ...

  6. Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - Wikipedia

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    The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) is a United States federal law that amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 regarding acquisition of citizenship by children of US citizens and added protections for individuals who have voted in US elections in the mistaken belief that they were US citizens. The law modified past rules for ...

  7. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey courts require all divorcing parents with minor children to complete a mandatory Parents' Education Program before granting a divorce per the Parent's Education Act. The law, N.J.S.A 2A:34-12.3 [ 7 ] , enacted in 1999, was established to promote cooperation between the parties and to assist in resolving issues that arrive during the ...