Sentences with phrase «rights as an adoptive parent»

Monday's summary reversal restores V.L. full rights as an adoptive parent.

The aim of these amendments is to give family and friends carers the same employment rights as adoptive parents.

Not exact matches

This means that adoptive parents have the same rights and responsibilities as parents whose children are born biologically.

As an expectant or adoptive parent, you have the right to high - integrity adoption services.

Coming from the adoptive parent side, and wanting desperately to «get it right,» I could have learned so much from you as an involved, thoughtful birthmother.

For example, human rights legislation in P.E.I. and Ontario define «family status» as, «the status of being in a parent and child relationship»; that of N.L. defines it expansively as, «the status of being in a parent and child relationship and... «child» includes a stepchild and an adopted child and «parent» includes a step - parent and an adoptive parent».

Following a 4 - day trial in October 2008, in which we and the father's lawyers succeeded in establishing that there is no rational basis for denying children the right to be adopted by qualified gay parents, or for denying gay men and lesbians the same rights as other citizens to be considered as adoptive parents, a Miami - Dade County judge declared the statute unconstitutional and granted the father's petition to adopt the children.

This means that adoptive parents have the same rights and responsibilities as parents whose children are born biologically.

Still, it is important to acknowledge the adoptive parents» right to make their own best child - rearing decisions, given their legal and moral rights as parents (unless there is reason to believe child abuse is occurring, in which case proper authorities must be alerted.)

As an expectant or adoptive parent, you have the right to high - integrity adoption services.

If the Agency disapproves / rejects the prospective adoptive parent, giving the indicated report as a reason, the prospective adoptive parent shall be informed of his / her right to a fair hearing.

The petition must include both birth parents» names, if both have parental rights to surrender, child's name and names of any other involved parties such as the prospective adoptive parents.

Upon the entry of the final adoption decree, the adopted child is treated by law as if he or she had been born to the adopting parents and thereby gains the right to inherit from the adoptive parents and adoptive parents» relatives.

As an adoption social worker for the past eleven years and an adoptive mother for the past fifteen years, I am committed to providing services to birth parents, adoptive families, and children that are ethical, honorable, moral, just, virtuous, and right.

If the agency disapproves the individual (s) as an adoptive parent (s), giving the indicated child abuse report as a reason, the individual shall be informed of his / her right to a fair hearing.

As an adoption social worker for the past eight years with Family Connections, Inc. and an adoptive mother for the past thirteen years, I am committed to providing services to birth parents, adoptive families, and children that are ethical, honorable, moral, just, virtuous, and right.

Your dossier is a representation of you as adoptive parents to a foreign country, getting it right is important.

After Termination of Parental Rights: «The court... may designate a current caretaker as a prospective adoptive parent... [and] the child may not be removed from the home of the designated prospective adoptive parent unless the court finds that removal is in the child's best interest.»

NOTE: Even if you are not formally designated as the Prospective Adoptive Parent, you may have the right to notice, to object, and to request a hearing if you meet the threshold qualifications for Prospective Adoptive Parent.

Please note that even if you have not been formally designated as the Prospective Adoptive Parent, you have the right to notice of intent to move the child in your care, and the right to object and request a hearing if you meet the threshold criteria for Prospective Adoptive Parent.

Adoptive parents are the child's parents as if they were born to them, following adoption proceedings including the termination of the child's biological parents» rights.

There are, of course, a few important steps we'd like to help guide you through as you learn more about becoming an adoptive parent and determine whether it's the right decision for you and your family.