domestic adoption

collocation in English

meaningsofdomesticandadoption

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domestic
adjective
uk
/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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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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(Definition ofdomesticandadoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Apart from the difficulties ofdomesticadoption, we have a culture that is resistant to overseas adoption.
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Domesticadoptionapplications are processed by the local authority concerned.
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An inter-country adoption agency could well have a place, but it would be better if it emerged from thedomesticadoptionservice.
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Clauses 4 and 5 provide for the recognition of convention adoptions and convey to such adoptions the status ofdomesticadoption.
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That reflects both international events and the fact that, while the number of children available fordomesticadoptionhas declined, the number of people wishing to adopt has not.
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The second mission is to develop and implement regulations fordomesticadoption.
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The process is completely different from adomesticadoption.
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There are two basic types ofdomesticadoption: independent and agency.
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The magazine publishes articles on international anddomesticadoption, foster care, donor insemination and surrogacy.
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We must aim for the same high level of protection and benefits for the child as in domestic adoptions.
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Of course, the basic principles and the standard of domestic adoptions, including the home study process, would need to be maintained.
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In addition, irrespective of any resolution or decision, in my personal view, domestic adoptions must take precedence in any legal system, present or future.
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As with domestic adoptions, the interests of the child must remain paramount.
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However, those children need and deserve the same kind of protection that we take for granted in domestic adoptions.
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The amendment should help a little, because social workers will have a duty to monitor families just as they do with domestic adoptions.
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Domestic adoptions can be arranged either through adoption agency or independently.
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