From legal point of view, a case of a child being taken into custody arises when there is parental divorce, family violence, when the child is tortured, abused or neglected, when a court terminates the parental rights or when a guardian is to be appointed by the court for some other reasons.
When there is a divorce, parents under normal circumstances decide their rights and responsibilities in relation to the child.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a means of resolving and settling disputes out of court through appeasement, reconciliation, mediation, negotiation and other arbitration methods. Since all Americans value personal privacy very dearly, they find Alternative Dispute Resolution as a reasonable means of settling disputes amicably where no or very little personal details will be leaked to public saving them from unnecessary publicity, disgrace or humiliation. More...
Adoption is a legal procedure to create a parent-child relationship where the child is placed permanently in the hands of the parent. Here the child and the parent are not related biologically. Through an adoption order the responsibilities of the biological parents are shifted to the adoptive parents. Thus, adoption creates a parent-child relationship valid for all practical legal purposes. The adopted child automatically becomes eligible for availing all the rights of a natural legitimate child. More...
