{"_key":"7c5653cb-7492-5665-b97e-cc3d9d243f4d","definitions":[{"example":"The process for becoming an adoptive parent is rigorous, as you would expect. ","text":"an adult who provides a child a permanent home through a legal procedure in which the court names him or her as the child's legal parent","audio":"en-us/7c5653cb-7492-5665-b97e-cc3d9d243f4d/3ce41027-0850-536a-a8e2-c8ec34dd93a6.mp3"}],"dictionary":"en","fol":[{"name":"Family Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/family-law"}],"notes":[{"text":"adoption (noun) the act of accepting something; the the act of putting a law, regulation, rule, plan etc into operation; act of taking legal responsibility for another person's natural child on the same grounds as if it was your own child: A group of parents in Sierra Leone have accused a charity of sending their children abroad for adoption without consent (=agreement)."}],"phrases":[{"text":"The measures would include the mandatory participation in adoptive parent preparation classes."},{"text":"Learn about the types of adoption in Wisconsin and how to become an adoptive parent."},{"text":"Any adoption agency will take into account your health and needs when it considers whether you are suitable to be approved as an adoptive parent."},{"text":"Depending on the legal contract, the adoptive parent or parents may be responsible for some or all the birth mother's medical expenses."},{"text":"Bangkok saw the highest number of adoptive parent registrations in 2016."},{"text":"When I was adopted, my adoptive parents were not assessed."},{"text":"Theseadoptive parents enjoy full parental rights and responsibilities."},{"text":"We join other Courts of Appeal in holding that the juvenile court\r\nmust balance the benefits to be gained from a permanent home with adoptive parents\r\nagainst the benefit of a continuing parental relationship."},{"text":"The children in the cases cited by the Agency were generally adoptable, rendering\r\nthe availability of prospective adoptive parents irrelevant to the adoptability findings."},{"text":"When appropriate, the court can encourage the adoptive\r\nparents to agree to visits among the siblings although, as the court recognized in\r\nthis case, it cannot require them to do so."}],"pos":"noun","posSlug":"noun","slug":"adoptive-parent","term":"adoptive parent","termAudio":"en-us/7c5653cb-7492-5665-b97e-cc3d9d243f4d/19b8995b-8f94-59d0-8285-6ed0270149de.mp3"}