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Adoption law : theory, policy, and practice
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- Creator
- Cynthia R. Mabry, Lisa Kelly
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Second edition
- Buffalo, N.Y. : William S. Hein & Co., 2010
- Physical Details
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- xxxi, 842 pages : forms ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 083773844X, 9780837738444, 9780837734444
- OCLC
- ocn656158875
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- A brief history and overview of adoption in the United States -- Prerequisites to adoption -- Identifying adoptees and adoptive parents -- The adoption process -- Adoption in context -- Adoption of Indian children -- Transracial adoption -- Intercountry adoption -- Interstate adoption -- Effects of adoption (legal, social and psychological) -- Confidentiality expectations and movements to unseal adoption records -- Postadoption contact agreements and orders -- The changing status of adoptions : disrupting and vacating adoptions -- The attorneys' roles in adoption and ethical considerations -- The adoption agencies' and social workers' roles in adoption and ethical considerations -- Alternatives to adoption