Filiation, the Glossary
Filiation is the legal term for the recognized legal status of the relationship between family members, or more specifically the legal relationship between parent and child.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Adoption, Adult adoption, Alberta, Australia, California, Canada, Civil Code of Quebec, Fictive kinship, Inheritance, New Zealand, Paternity law, United Kingdom, United States.
- Adoption law
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Filiation and Adoption are Family law.
Adult adoption
Adult adoption is a form of adoption between two or more adults in order to transfer inheritance rights and/or filiation. Filiation and adult adoption are adoption law and kinship and descent.
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Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Civil Code of Quebec
The Civil Code of Quebec (CCQ, Code civil du Québec) is the civil code in force in the Canadian province of Quebec, which came into effect on January 1, 1994.
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Fictive kinship
Fictive kinship is a term used by anthropologists and ethnographers to describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal ("by marriage") ties. Filiation and Fictive kinship are kinship and descent.
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Inheritance
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. Filiation and Inheritance are kinship and descent.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Paternity law
Paternity law refers to body of law underlying legal relationship between a father and his biological or adopted children and deals with the rights and obligations of both the father and the child to each other as well as to others. Filiation and Paternity law are Family law.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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See also
Adoption law
- 1998 Oregon Ballot Measure 58
- 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy
- Adoption Disclosure Register (Ontario)
- Adoption Information Disclosure Act
- Adoption home study
- Adoption in California
- Adoption in Connecticut
- Adoption in Guatemala
- Adoption in Switzerland
- Adoption law
- Adoption tax credit
- Adult adoption
- Child and Family Services Review
- China Center of Adoption Affairs
- Dima Yakovlev Law
- Disruption (adoption)
- Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development
- Filiation
- Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
- Hague Adoption Convention
- Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
- Islamic adoptional jurisprudence
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- Keeping Children and Families Safe Act
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
- Mukoyōshi
- New Life Children's Refuge case
- Plenary adoption
- Safe-haven law
- Sealed birth records
- Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland