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Adoption

Adoption is an activity in which the full parental rights to the "adopted child" are transferred from the child's current parents (usually the child's biological parents) to the adopting parents. The adopting parents will then raise the child as their own.
Dr. Jeff Livingston
Dr. Jeff Livingstonreviewed this
Obstetrics and Gynecology 24 years experience
How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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