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abrogation of adoption

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abrogation of adoption. Family law. An action brought by an adoptive parent to terminate the parent–child relationship by annulment of the decree of adoption. • An adoption may be nullified if it resulted from fraud, misrepresentation, or undue influence, or if nullification is in the child’s best interests. — Also termed annulment of adoption. Cf. […]

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wrongful adoption

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wrongful adoption. 1. An adoption in which the adoption agency fails to provide adoptive parents with full or accurate information regarding the child’s physical or psychological background. • The adoptive parents normally do not seek to nullify the adoption. Rather, they seek damages, usu. for medical care and for emotional distress. 2. An adoptive parent’s

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