Assertion: grandchild's grandparent | /r/CapableOf | adopt grandchild
Facets:
value: legally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: If a grandparent adopts a grandchild outside of the formal child welfare system, any financial assistance a grandparent might be receiving for the child in the form of a child-only TANF grant would be discontinued.
text: Generally, the biological parents of the child must be deceased or disabled, or the grandparent must legally adopt the grandchild.
text: Why would grandparents adopt their grandchildren?
text: It also ends any foster care payments that the child may be receiving, but a grandparent who adopts a grandchild may be eligible for an adoption subsidy and an adoption tax credit or both.
text: If the grandparent adopts the grandchild, the grandchild becomes a child of the grandparent and the rights and obligations of the grandchild's birth parents are ended.
text: Whether or not it is the best option for grandparents to adopt their grandchildren totally depends on their personal and family situation.