Tag: Adoption

  • Adoption

    Adoption in United States Adoption Definition The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. § 1. As […]

  • Adoption by Close Friend

    Adoption by Close Friend of the Parent in the United States From In re Adoption of G., N.Y. Slip Op. 23454 (Surr. Ct. Dec. 27, 2013): “In this uncontested second-parent adoption proceeding, the court is faced with an interesting question: may two close personal friends, who together decided to adopt and have jointly participated in…

  • Accreditation

    Accreditation in the United States Introduction to Accreditation Of Birth Centers, Commission For The purpose of Accreditation is to provide a broad appreciation of the Accreditation legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Accreditation). Resources […]