Adoption law
Subtitle: theory, policy, and practice
By: Cynthia R. Mabry, Lisa Kelly
Contributors: Kelly, Lisa
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780837738444
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history and overview of adoption in the United states; title: Prerequisites to adoption; title: Identifying adoptees anmd adoptive parents; title: The adoption process; title: Adoption in context; title: Adoption of Indian children; title: Transracial adoption; title: Intercountry adoption; title: Interstate adoption; title: Effects of adoption; title: Confidentiality expectations and movements to unseal adoption records; title: Postadoption contact agreements and orders; title: The changing status of adoptions : disrupting and vacating adoptions; title: The attorneys' roles in adoption and ethical considerations; title: The adoption agencies' and social workers' roles in adoption and ethical considerations; title: Alternatives to adoption.