Adoption is the process by which somebody takes legal ownership of a child.
I don't know a lot about how to go about the adoption process.  Can you tell me some about it?
A couple or an individual can be at the helm of the process
So they will allow individuals to adopt as well - would that be through a public or a private adoption?
or religious sanction. Historically, some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption; where others have tried to achieve adoption through less formal means, notably via contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation. Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.
History.
History Antiquity.
- Adoption for the well-born
While the modern form of adoption emerged in the United States, forms of the practice appeared throughout history.
and Terry meet with an adoption counselor named Anne to go over their worries about becoming parents. The adoption counselor tells them, "Man or woman, gay or straight, what you're facing is a long, long wait." The couple decide upon an open adoption process, where they will be able to meet the baby's birth mother. Melissa, a teenager who is pregnant and homeless, selects them as the couple to care for her child ("Her Name Is Melissa"). She describes her life