International Adoption Law and Legal Definition
International adoption is a kind of adoption in which an individual or couple becomes the legal and permanent parents of a child that is a national of a foreign country. An international adoption is also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption.
In such an adoption, the prospective adoptive parents must meet the legal adoption requirements of their country of residence and also of the country whose nationality the child holds.
An international adoption differs from a transcultural or Interracial Adoption.
Legal Definition list
- International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
- Internally Displaced Person
- Internal-Affairs Doctrine
- Internal Waters
- Internal Upsell
- International Adoption
- International Agreement
- International Agreement [Copyrights]
- International Air Pollution
- International Air Services Transit Agreement
- International Air Transport Agreement
Related Legal Terms
- Abandonment [Intercountry Adoption]
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Accredited Agency [Adoption]
- Accredited Body [Adoption]
- Accrediting Entity [Adoption]
- Adoption
- Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
- Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
- Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
- Adoption Disruption
