Nhan con nuoi la mot qua trinh trong đo mot nguoi lanh trach nhiem lam cha me cua mot nguoi khac, thuong la cua mot đua tre, tu bo me sinh hoc hoac mang tinh luat phap cua đua tre đo, va khi lam nhu vay, đa chuyen moi quyen loi cung nhu trach nhiem, bao gom ca viec bao hieu, tu cha me sinh hoc sang nguoi moi.
Khong giong nhu viec giam ho hoac cac he thong khac đuoc thiet ke đe cham soc tre, viec nhan con nuoi co y đinh thuc hien thay đoi vinh vien ve trang thai moi quan he va do đo đoi hoi su cong nhan xa hoi, thong qua phap luat hoac ton giao. Ve mat lich su, mot so xa hoi đa ban hanh cac luat cu the đieu chinh viec nhan con nuoi; trong khi mot so nguoi đa co gang đe đat đuoc viec nhan nuoi thong qua cac phuong tien it chinh thuc hon, đac biet la thong qua cac hop đong quy đinh ve quyen thua ke va trach nhiem lam cha me ma khong co lien quan gi đen viec bao hieu. Cac he thong hien đai cua viec nhan con nuoi, phat trien trong the ky 20, co xu huong đuoc quan ly thong qua cac tinh trang quan he va luat phap ro rang.
Nguoi nhan con nuoi thuong bi rang buoc boi trach nhiem nuoi duong va giao duc, khac voi nguoi nhan con tinh than (hoac nhan con nuoi truong thanh) o cho chuyen giao quyen thua ke.


Lich su = Co xua =
Trong khi hinh thuc nhan con nuoi hien đai xuat hien o Hoa Ky, cac hinh thuc nhan con nuoi co xua đa xuat hien trong suot lich su. Vi du, Bo luat Hammurabi neu chi tiet ve cac quyen cua nguoi chap nhan va trach nhiem cua ca nhan đuoc thong qua. Thuc tien nhan con nuoi o Roma co đuoc neu ro trong Codex Justinianus.


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