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Step-parent Adoption

Step-Parent Adoption is a legal process within family law whereby a spouse or domestic partner of a child’s biological or adoptive parent legally adopts the child, establishing a formal parent-child relationship without terminating the rights of the other biological or adoptive parent.

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2017–2026

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Stepparent Adoption

Parents

Publications

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Gaining a Child: Comparing the Experiences of Biological Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Stepparents

Rosario Ceballo, Jennifer E. Lansford, Antonia Abbey et al. · Family Relations · 2003 · 115 citations

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Children in Families: Characteristics of Biological, Step-, and Adopted Children

Christine A. Bachrach · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1983 · 78 citations

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Elevated Risk of Child Maltreatment in Families With Stepparents but Not With Adoptive Parents

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Eveline M. Euser, Peter Prinzie et al. · Child Maltreatment · 2009 · 63 citations

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Stepparenting: Issues in Theory, Research, and Practice

David A. Baptiste, Kay Pasley, Marilyn Ihinger‐Tallman · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1995 · 56 citations

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On Becoming a Stepparent

Pauline Irit Erera-Weatherley · Journal of Divorce & Remarriage · 1996 · 44 citations

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Authors

29

  1. KP
    Kay Pasley

    Florida State University, United States

    2 publications · 93 citations

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  2. MI
    Marilyn Ihinger‐Tallman

    Washington State University, United States

    2 publications · 93 citations

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  3. CA
    Christine A. Bachrach

    National Center for Health Statistics, United States

    2 publications · 104 citations

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  4. AA
    Anna Arvidsson

    Malmö University, Sweden

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. JE
    Jeanne E. Moorman

    National Center for Environmental Health, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

14

  1. United States Census Bureau

    Suitland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

    Stevens Point, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  3. Malmö University

    Malmo, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. Ross School

    East Hampton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    115 citations

  5. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    315 citations

  7. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  8. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Family Relations

    4 publications · 182 citations

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  2. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    3 publications · 160 citations

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  3. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

    RBMS · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. Journal of Family Issues

    1 publications · 10 citations

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