Adoption Is a Legal Process Through Which the Rights and Duties

question 141

Multiple Choice

Adoption is a legal process through which the rights and duties of parenting are transferred from a child's biological parents and/or legal parents to new legal parents.According to the text's discussion of adoption:

• A)a new birth certificate is issued in most adoptions
• B)matching children who are available for adoption with prospective adoptive parents is simple and straightforward
• C)more infants are available for adoption today than in the past
• D)few U.S.parents seek to adopt parentless children in developing nations

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