Asked by Maria Faggart on Jul 14, 2024
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What percentage of legal adoptions are by relatives,usually stepparents or grandparents?
A) 20
B) 50
C) 60
D) 70
Legal Adoptions
The process by which a legal system authorizes an individual or couple to permanently take on the parental responsibilities for a child from the child's biological or legal parents.
Relatives
Family members connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Stepparents
Adults who are married to a biological parent of a child and assume a parenting role to their spouse's child but are not the child's biological parents.
- Acquire knowledge on the functioning and consequences of adoptive, step, and traditional family structures.
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Learning Objectives
- Acquire knowledge on the functioning and consequences of adoptive, step, and traditional family structures.
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