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Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany, where the civil law (as to which, see Sand. Just.) prevails to any great extent. In 1889 and 1890, Lord Meath introduced Bills in the House of Lords to legalize adoption.By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize the adoption of an infant who is under twenty-one years of age, a British subject, and resident in England and Wales, by an applicant who is more than twenty-five years of age, and also twenty-one years older than the infant, unless closely related, and a British subject, resident and domiciled in England or Wales, but a single adopter, only, will be authorized unless two spouses jointly apply. A male may not adopt a female infant unless the court finds special reason...
equitable adoption
equitable adoption : an adoption recognized by the law in order to allow claims (as to assets in an estate or to insurance or government benefits) in cases in which there is an express or implied contract to adopt and clear evidence of an intention to adopt but no performance of the procedures required by statute for an adoption called also adoption by estoppel ...
Adoption agency
Adoption agency, A local authority or approved adoption society is known as adoption agency. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., p. 244, para 506.Means a local authority or approved adoption society, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 553, Note (10), p. 287....
Affect any adoption
Affect any adoption, The expression 'affect any adoption' necessarily means affect an adoption as to its 'validity and effect', Daniraiji Vrajlalji, Junagadh v. Vahuji Maharaj Shri Chandraprabha, (1975) 3 SCR 32: (1975) 1 SCC 612: AIR 1975 SC 784 (788). [Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (78 of 1956) s. 30]...
adoption by estoppel
adoption by estoppel :equitable adoption ...
adoption credit
adoption credit A nonrefundable credit for qualified adoption expenses. ...
full and final adoption
full and final adoption A legal adoption in which the child receives all the rights of a natural born, legitimate child. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Adoption panel
Adoption panel, means a panel established in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulation, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 544, Note 7, p. 279....
Adoption society
Adoption society, means a body of persons whose functions consist of or include the making of arrangements for the adoption of children, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 506 Note 5, p. 244....
adoption
adoption Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child's legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted. Source: FindLaw ...
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