Kinship Adoption Law and Legal Definition
Kinship adoption is the adoption of a child by its relative, either biological or a relative by marriage. Adoption of a child by a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other member of the extended family is a kinship adoption. In kinship adoption, as opposed to kinship care, the child is adopted legally. Kinship adotion process and the related law vary from state to state.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Abandonment [Intercountry Adoption]
- 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
- Adoption Dissolution
