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Adoption and Guardianship Terms / Adoption and Guardianship Terms - Lexicon

Adoption

Hāpai ʻia

Guardian

Kiai

Custody

Mālama

Foster care

Hānai hānai

Emancipation

Hoʻokuʻu ʻia

Biological parent

makua olaola

Birth certificate

Palapala hānau

Termination of parental rights

Hoʻopau i nā kuleana makua

Legal custody

Mālama kānāwai

Parental consent

ʻAe makua

Home study

Haʻawina home

Court order

Kauoha a ka Aha

Visitation rights

Kuleana kipa

Putative father

makua kāne putative

Adoption agency

ʻOihana hoʻokipa

Parental rights

Pono makua

Step-parent adoption

ʻO ka hānai ʻana i nā mākua

Relinquishment

Ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana

Child welfare

Pono keiki

Adoptive parent

makua hānai

Legal guardian

Kiai kānāwai

Post-placement supervision

Ka nānā ʻana ma hope o ka waiho ʻana

Consent decree

Kauoha ʻae

Interstate Compact

Hoʻopaʻa mokuʻāina

Residency requirement

Pono noho

Independent adoption

Hoʻokomo kūʻokoʻa

Agency adoption

Hoʻokomo ʻoihana

Adoption petition

Palapala hoopi

Confidentiality

Ka hūnā

Child placement

Hoʻokomo keiki

Birth parent

makua hānau

Open adoption

Hāmama ka hoʻokomo

Closed adoption

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana

Adoption finalization

Hoʻopau hoʻopaʻa ʻia

Surrogate

Kāpena

Consent form

Palapala ʻae

Preadoptive

Preadoptive

Termination hearing

Hoʻopau hoʻolohe

Parental fitness

Hoʻoikaika kino makua

Best interests of the child

ʻO ka pono o ke keiki

Kinship care

Ka mālama ʻohana

Support obligation

Kākoʻo kuleana

Guardianship order

Kauoha kahu

Conservatorship

Ka mālama mālama

Child advocacy

Kākoʻo keiki

Power of attorney

Mana o ka loio

Family court

ʻAha ʻohana

De facto guardian

Kiai de facto

Adoption disclosure

ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lawe ʻana

International adoption

ʻO ka hoʻokomo honua