stepparent adoption
- A lawful process where a child is adopted by the stepparent who is married or in a similar relationship with the legal parent of the child, usually facilitated if the other parent has given consent, has passed away, is absent, or has deserted the child
- The family was completed after the lengthy stepparent adoption process.
- After her mother's marriage to Jack, Lily was subject to a stepparent adoption.
- The stepparent adoption process was simplified due to the father's absence.
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