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 responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents.
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person’s biological or genuine parent or parents. Legal adoptions for all time transfer whatever rights and responsibilities, along in the same way as filiation, from the biological parent or parents.
Unlike guardianship or further systems expected for the care of the young, adoption is meant to effect a steadfast change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legitimate or religious sanction. Historically, some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption, while others used less formal means (notably contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation). Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by collection statutes and regulations.