Lifestyle / Adoption / Voluntary Adoption Registry: A reunion registry system which allows adoptees, birthparents and biological siblings to locate each other if they wish by maintaining a voluntary list of adoptees and birth relatives.
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Voluntary Noun Synonyms: free, elective, willing, spontaneous, unsolicited, unbidden, unasked, gratuitous, contributed
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Lifestyle / Adoption / Open Adoption: An adoption process in which birth parents meet and know ?· the adoptive parent(s). Ongoing contact could range from periodic pictures and letters to regular visits. MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Non-Recurring Adoption Costs: One time adoption expenses, which may be at least partially reimbursed by states up to a maximum amount to families adopting children with special needs. Allowable expenses for this reimbursement bene MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Legal Risk Adoption: An adoption proceeding that is started even though the prospective adoptive family cannot be guaranteed that the child is eligible for adoption. MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Orphan (international adoption definition): For immigration purposes, a child under the age of 16: ?€? whose parents have died or disappeared ?€? who has been abandoned or otherwise separated from both parents ?€? whose sole surviving par MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Private Adoption Agencies: Non-governmental agencies licensed by the state to provide adoption services, primarily dealing with infant adoptions. MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Public Adoption Agencies: Governmental adoption agency or social services department providing adoption services, primarily dealing with older children in foster care. MORE