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  2. Language of adoption - Wikipedia

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    The term "natural" in its origin means a family by the natural means of conception and birth and its primal bond which exists by itself since the beginning unless it is severed. your adopted child your child The use of the adjective "adopted" signals that the relationship is qualitatively different from that of parents to birth children.

  3. Legitimacy (family law) - Wikipedia

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    Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, illegitimacy, also known as bastardy, has been the status of a child born outside marriage, such a child being known as a bastard, a love ...

  4. Parent - Wikipedia

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    Obama family portrait, 2011. A person's biological parents are the persons from whom the individual inherits their genes.The term is generally only used if there is a need to distinguish an individual's parents from their biological parents, For example, an individual whose father has remarried may call the father's new wife their stepmother and continue to refer to their mother normally ...

  5. Adoption - Wikipedia

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    Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them. Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and ...

  6. Paternity law - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Paternity law refers to body of law underlying legal relationship between a father and his biological or adopted children and deals with the rights and obligations of both the father and the child to each other as well as to others. A child's paternity may be relevant in relation to issues of legitimacy, inheritance and rights to a ...

  7. In loco parentis - Wikipedia

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    Society portal. v. t. e. The term in loco parentis, Latin for "in the place of a parent", [1] refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. Originally derived from English common law, the doctrine is applied in two separate areas of the law.

  8. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An American family composed of the mother, father, children, and extended family. The out of wedlock birth rates by race in the United States from 1940 to 2014. The rate for African Americans is the purple line. Data is from the National Vital Statistics System Reports published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics.

  9. Nuclear family - Wikipedia

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    An American nuclear family composed of the mother, father, and their children, c. 1955. A nuclear family (also known as an elementary family, atomic family, or conjugal family) is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single-parent family, a larger ...