- adoption agency
- a`doption ,agency noun countan organization or business that helps find children for people to ADOPT
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
adoption agency
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adoption agency — UK US noun [countable] [singular adoption agency plural adoption agencies] an organization or business that helps to find children for people to adopt Thesaurus: adoption and caring for other people s children … Useful english dictionary
adoption agency — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms adoption agency : singular adoption agency plural adoption agencies an organization or business that helps to find children for people to adopt … English dictionary
Another Choice for Black Children Adoption Agency — Another Choice for Black Children is a Charlotte based adoption agency that works to find homes for African American children and other children with special needs and the first such agency in North Carolina.… … Wikipedia
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Adoption in California — Agencies that handle adoption in California can range from government funded agencies that place California children at little of no cost, to attorneys who arrange private adoptions, to international non profit adoption agencies. Total adoption… … Wikipedia
Adoption — For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.… … Wikipedia
adoption — noun 1 of child VERB + ADOPTION ▪ offer sb for, place sb for, put sb up for ▪ She has decided to put the child up for adoption. ▪ be available for ▪ When will the child be available for ad … Collocations dictionary
Adoption Disclosure Register (Ontario) — The Adoption Disclosure Register (ADR) is an adoption reunion registry operated by the government of Ontario, Canada. It implements the adoption disclosure provisions of the Child and Family Services Act . Background Under Ontario law prior to… … Wikipedia
adoption — Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child s legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted. To take into one s family the child of another … Black's law dictionary
