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Exceptions are made if the birth parent is deceased or in jail and the court finds the stepparent's relationship with the child to be in the child's best interest.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning (PBS) Frontline and the Associated Press examine allegations of abuse and fraud amid South Korea’s foreign adoption boom and find that many children had been stolen from their birth parents and handed over to unwitting Americans desperate to adopt.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
According to the Civil Beat, people in the Marshall Islands have a tradition of informal child-sharing, where children may live with relatives or friends temporarily before returning to their birth parents.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The mistake was discovered in February after the birth parents requested to transfer their remaining embryos to another IVF provider.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning (PBS) Frontline and the Associated Press examine allegations of abuse and fraud amid South Korea’s foreign adoption boom and find that many children had been stolen from their birth parents and handed over to unwitting Americans desperate to adopt.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
According to the Civil Beat, people in the Marshall Islands have a tradition of informal child-sharing, where children may live with relatives or friends temporarily before returning to their birth parents.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The mistake was discovered in February after the birth parents requested to transfer their remaining embryos to another IVF provider.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Birth parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20parent. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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