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Adoption is the voluntary creation of a brand new parent-child relationship where there wasn't one before. When an adoption order is made, the adoptive parents take on all of the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of a parent of the child. | Adoption is the voluntary creation of a brand new parent-child relationship where there wasn't one before. When an adoption order is made, the adoptive parents take on all of the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of a parent of the child. At the same time, however, one or both of the child's natural parents are stripped of those rights, duties, obligations and liabilities as if they are and always have been strangers to the child. | ||
At the same time, however, one or both of the child's natural parents are stripped of those rights, duties, obligations and liabilities as if they are and always have been strangers to the child. | |||
This section provides an overview of adoption, describes the private adoption process and the process for adopting through the [http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/ Ministry for Children and Family Development], and provides <span class="noglossary">contact</span> information for the four adoption agencies licensed in British Columbia. | This section provides an overview of adoption, describes the private adoption process and the process for adopting through the [http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/ Ministry for Children and Family Development], and provides <span class="noglossary">contact</span> information for the four adoption agencies licensed in British Columbia. | ||
