Adoption
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...relatives. Many states now permit adoption by unmarried adults; some allow adoption by homosexual couples. Most adoptions are of the same race. Transracial...illegal for U.S. states to hold up adoptions solely in order to match racial or ethnic background of the child. In adoption by unrelated adults, the courts have...