| A | B |
|---|
| Termination of Parental Rights | To permanently take away parental rights |
| child welfare laws | Laws that limit the power of parents over their children in areas of education, medical decisions, and child labor to prevent neglect and abuse of children |
| partial emancipation | The act of becoming an adult for specific purposes only |
| age of majority | Age at which a person gets all the rights and responsibilities of an adult |
| paternity suit | Lawsuit brought by the mother of a child to prove that a certain man is the child’s father |
| surrogate mothering | Contractual agreement in which one woman carries and gives birth to a child for another woman |
| DNA fingerprinting | A blood test that can be used to determine who the father of a child is |
| adoption | Process by which a person who is not a child’s biological parent becomes the child’s legal parent |
| artificial insemination | Reproductive procedure in which a woman’s egg is fertilized by a man’s sperm without sexual intercourse |
| foster care | Temporary placement of a child away from his or her parents |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | Medical condition that may affect a newborn whose mother drinks liquor during pregnancy |
| guardian ad litem | Person who serves as a child’s advocate in court in a child abuse or child neglect case |
| in vitro fertilization | Type of artificial insemination in which a woman’s egg is removed from her body and fertilized by a man’s sperm in a laboratory |
| emancipation | The act of becoming an adult |
