Some countries do allow simple adoption, which means that the adopting parent(s) can be granted guardianship of the child by the foreign court.

A law allowing full joint adoption was defeated on a 104-77 vote.

While Cambodia, which began allowing foreign adoption in 1989, is now cooperating with the investigation, the country previously had done little to combat child trafficking.

Although it is widely used in cancer research the framework allows rapid adoption for collecting data on a multitude of disease states.

Since 1999, all of New Hampshire's ten counties allow adoption provided the adoptive couple or individual is stable and can care for children.

A country's willingness to allow international adoption will vary to accommodate that country's laws.

They adopted two children in 1995, but because the law did not allow adoption by unmarried partners, de Vos was the children's only legal parent.