ADOPTING PARENT collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of adopt and parent
adopt
verb
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/əˈdɒpt/us
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/əˈdɑːpt/
to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your ...
parent
uk
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/ˈpeə.rənt/us
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/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
Examples of adopting parent
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If the employee is subsequently not put on the register, it can cause difficulties in the workplace for the potential adopting parent.
It says nothing about the possible marriage of an adopting parent and an adopted child.
The adopting parent ought also to know something of the health of the child.
Should the adopting parent die without making a will, will the property descend not merely for the benefit of any children born in wedlock but equally for the adopted child?
In such circumstances it is quite probable that the relations between the adopting parent and the adopted child may become very faint after the lapse of time.
However, is not the relationship between a step-parent and step-children often as close if not closer than that between an adopting parent and an adopted child?
The childs family name is not changed to that of the adopting parent(s) and his or her guardians are publicly known as such.
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Adopting parents could sometimes learn of a biological father's criminality and this might have led to counter-productive efforts to combat risk of delinquency.
Many adopting parents in non-private adoptions would apply to a local, state licensed adoption agency.
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By adolescence, the adoptees showed virtually no similarity to their adopting parents or the adoptive siblings with whom they had been raised.
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The infant is then issued a second, amended certificate, sometimes stated to be a birth certificate, that states the adopting parents are the child's parents.
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The monies are available to help prospective adopting parents wanting to adopt eligible children; but who may not have the financial resources available to do so.
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