If you've bulked up on the protein in your diet without cutting calories in other areas, you may find yourself gaining weight. In a 2012 study, researchers found that people assigned a high-protein diet gained the same amount of fat as people assigned to a low-protein, high-fat diet, when both groups overate.
Adoption: An Overview. Adoption refers to the act by which an adult formally becomes the guardian of a child and incurs the rights and responsibilities of a parent. At the conclusion of the formal process, a legal relationship between child and guardian will have formed.
Adopting a stepchild is the most common form. of adoption. A stepparent who adopts agrees to. become the legal parent and be fully responsible. for his or her spouseâs child. After the. stepparent adoption occurs, the noncustodial. parent (the parent not living with the child) no.