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adoption

The uniform adoption act of 1994 was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). The Uniform Adoption Act of 1994 seals adoption records for 99 years, makes it illegal to search for birth parents by anyone including the adoptee, shortens revocable consent periods that many states have enacted to a dismissal 8 days from birth of the child (Uniform Adoption Act, 1). This proposal of the uniform adoption act just shows what is wrong with the adoption process, adoptees should have the right to search for their birth parents for medical and personal reasons. Adoption law is largely a state law; although the parent child relationship established by adoption may have direct consequences in field of Federal law like social security, which are affected by family status. All 50 states have statutes governing adoption. Adoption is the process by which relationship between a legal parent and a child is created between individuals not biologically parent and child. In some states doctrines of equitable adoption allow courts to recognize adoptions when not all-statutory procedures have been carried out.There are many forms of adoption available. The most common form is closed adoption, an adoption in which neither birth parent nor child is ever supposed to meet. Adoptions occur best within a non-profit agency setting in which there is accountability of all documents relating to the adoption and in which the agency has the best interests of all parties involved. Most adoption agencies are reliable on providing correct information and do not strive to meet all the interests of the parties involved. Stricter regulation of what information is needed to complete and adoption and what is done with that information is needed for the best interests of both parties involved.Adoption is governed individually by each state, Kansas and Alaska allow adult adoptees full and unconditional access to original birth records....

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