adoption proceedings

collocation in English

meaningsofadoptionandproceedings

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adoption
noun
uk
/əˈdɒp.ʃən/us
/əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as ...
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proceedings
noun[plural]
uk
/prəˈsiː.dɪŋz/us
/proʊˈsiː.dɪŋz/
a series of events that happen in a planned and ...
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(Definition ofadoptionandproceedingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The question of where theadoptionproceedingsshould be taken then arose.
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Specifically, we propose to give children aged 10 or more the right to participate in their ownadoptionproceedings.
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It will be a difficult, complicated task, and one which may cause considerable embarrassment to the parents who have consented toadoptionproceedings.
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With regard to the early-day motion, grandparents may already be made the party toadoptionproceedings.
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Clause 71 provides a comprehensive definition of the various proceedings—matrimonial, guardianship, affiliation, custodianship andadoptionproceedings—which fall within the general definition of "domestic proceedings".
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I have considerable sympathy with the call for legal aid to be provided to parents faced with the problem ofadoptionproceedingsfor their children.
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Not alladoptionproceedingswill require separate representation.
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It has long been the practice to holdadoptionproceedingsin private in order to safeguard the anonymity of the child.
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I am particularly pleased that the order recognises that the most important consideration in theadoptionproceedingsis that of the welfare of the child.
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Examples would be children's hearings andadoptionproceedings.
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Custodianship proceedings fall equally well into that category, and so, in a small minority of cases, doadoptionproceedings.
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The last category of children who will be affected by the amendments are those involved inadoptionproceedings.
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Parents involved inadoptionproceedingsare in a sensitive and emotional state, and often understandably find it difficult to make an objective case for themselves.
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The clause also preserves the existing law which safeguards the privacy ofadoptionproceedings.
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This would give the courts a discretion to admit toadoptionproceedingspersons who are not directly concerned in the case.
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It is not known how much prospective adopters may pay to lawyers who advise or represent them in connection withadoptionproceedings.
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Nor is the consent of the father required inadoptionproceedings.
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Nevertheless, there has come into existence a disturbing element—an addendum—in this clause governing the future of a child in disputedadoptionproceedings.
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We feel that this matter is one of several questions of costs which automatically apply in generaladoptionproceedings.
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At the same time, the president of the family division's adoption committee is looking at measures to reduce delays inadoptionproceedingsin the courts.
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