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  2. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Stepfamily - Wikipedia

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    In the world (including the United States), the most common form of adoption is adopting a stepchild. [13] By adopting a stepchild, the stepparent is agreeing to be fully responsible for their spouse's child. The non-custodial parent no longer has any rights or responsibilities for the child, including child support.

  5. These step parents stepped up. Watch their kids ask to make ...

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    Three stepchildren give their stepparents the ultimate holiday surprise: adoption paper wrapped as heartfelt gifts! These step parents stepped up. Watch their kids ask to make it official with ...

  6. Immediate family - Wikipedia

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    The definition was to be expanded from "a remaining spouse, sexual cohabitant, partner, step-parent or step-child, parent-in-law or child-in-law, or an individual related by blood whose close association is an equivalent of a family relationship who was accepted by the deceased as a child of his/her family" to include "any person who had ...

  7. Putative father registry - Wikipedia

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    Texas - Searching for "paternity registry" at the state of Texas website leads to the state DSHS website giving some general information about its registry. The form, which is called a "Notice of Intent to Claim Paternity - Paternity Registry," also notes that a non-married putative father may have to register in other states along with Texas.

  8. Uniform Adoption Act - Wikipedia

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    § 3-704 Denial of petition for adoption § 3-705 Decree of adoption § 3-706 Finality of decree § 3-707 Challenges to decree PART 8. BIRTH CERTIFICATE § 3-801 Report of adoption § 3-802 Issuance of new birth certificate ARTICLE 4. ADOPTION OF MINOR STEPCHILD BY STEPPARENT § 4-101 Other provisions applicable to adoption of stepchild

  9. Joint custody - Wikipedia

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    Joint custody is a form of child custody pursuant to which custody rights are awarded to both parents. [1] Joint custody may refer to joint physical custody, joint legal custody, or both combined. In joint legal custody, both parents of a child share major decision making regarding for example education, medical care and religious upbringing.