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Adoption is the legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parents and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parents.

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Context:
Children and family services.

Origin:

Adoptions Australia (AIHW). Data collection standards, tables and counting rules, 1998-99.

Comments:

The adoption order severs the legal relationship between the biological parents and the child. A new birth certificate is issued to the child bearing the name(s) of his/her adoptive parent(s) as the natural parent(s) and the new name of the child, where a change has occurred.

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