stepparent — n. A person who is not a child’s natural parent but who is married to the child’s natural mother or father. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. stepparent … Law dictionary
Adoption — For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.… … Wikipedia
Adoption in California — Agencies that handle adoption in California can range from government funded agencies that place California children at little of no cost, to attorneys who arrange private adoptions, to international non profit adoption agencies. Total adoption… … Wikipedia
Uniform Adoption Act — The Uniform Adoption Act (1994) is a model law proposed by the NationalConference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. It attempts to be acomprehensive and uniform state adoption code that: (1) is consistent withrelevant federal constitutional … Wikipedia
Stepfamily — Stepbrothers redirects here. For other uses, see Step Brothers (disambiguation). Stepfather redirects here. For the 2006 hip hop album, see Stepfather (album). For the horror film, see The Stepfather (disambiguation). Stepmom redirects here. For… … Wikipedia
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LGBT parenting — refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people parenting one or more children. This includes children raised by same sex couples (same sex parenting), children raised by single LGBT parents, and children raised by an opposite sex … Wikipedia
Same-sex relationships in Australia — Same sex marriages are currently not recognised under Australian federal law and, since 2004, the Marriage Act 1961 was redefined to explicitly recognise marriage as being the union of a man and a woman . Under section 51(xxi) [ [http://scaleplus … Wikipedia
Cinderella effect — This article is about parenting. For the effect with the same name in semiconductors, see floating body effect. The Cinderella effect is a term used by psychologists to describe the high incidence of stepchildren being physically abused,… … Wikipedia
Single parent — is a term that is mostly used to suggest that one parent has most of the day to day responsibilities in the raising of the child or children, which would categorize them as the dominant caregiver. The dominant caregiver is the parent in which the … Wikipedia
