Define the various types of adoptions
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Involuntary – parental rights are involuntarily terminated by court action; voluntary – parental rights are voluntarily relinquished, freeing a child for adoption; open—the biological parent(s) and adoption parent(s) are known to one another; second parent -- available to same-gendered couples, resulting in two fathers or two mothers; stepparent – an expedited process that permits stepparents to adopt their spouses’ children; transracial/transcultural – placing children of one racial cultural/ethnic group with parents of a different one; international – becoming the parent of a child who is a citizen of a different country; agency – the child is placed for adoption by a state agency; private adoption – the child is placed through a private agency or a third party (usually doctor or lawyer); gay adoption – The Obergefell decision makes it unconstitutional for same-sex couples to be denied the right to adopt by a state agency
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