Voluntary Adoption Registry: A reunion registry system which allows adoptees, birthparents and biological siblings to locate each other if they wish by maintaining a voluntary list of adoptees and birth relatives.

 

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Voluntary Adoption Registry: A reunion registry system which allows adoptees, birthparents and biological siblings to locate each other if they wish by maintaining a voluntary list of adoptees and birth relatives.

Legal Risk Adoption: An adoption proceeding that is started even though the prospective adoptive family cannot be guaranteed that the child is eligible for adoption.

Involuntary Liquidation Preference: A premium that must be paid to preferred or preference stockholders if the issuer of the stock is forced into involuntary liquidation.

Non-Recurring Adoption Costs: One time adoption expenses, which may be at least partially reimbursed by states up to a maximum amount to families adopting children with special needs. Allowable expenses for this reimburs . . . View Full Definition

Orphan (international adoption definition): For immigration purposes, a child under the age of 16: • whose parents have died or disappeared • who has been abandoned or otherwise separated from both parents • whose sole surviving paren . . . View Full Definition

Private Voluntary Organization (PVO): A nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that provides economic and social assistance to people in need, often in foreign countries. Pvos play an important role, along with cooperatives, in . . . View Full Definition

Private Adoption Agencies: Non-governmental agencies licensed by the state to provide adoption services, primarily dealing with infant adoptions.

Open Adoption: An adoption process in which birth parents meet and know · the adoptive parent(s). Ongoing contact could range from periodic pictures and letters to regular visits.

Involuntary Lien: A lien placed on property without the consent of the property owner.

Foster-Adoption: A child placement in which birth parents' rights have not yet been severed by the court or in which birth parents are appealing the court's decision but foster parents agree to adopt the chi . . . View Full Definition