New Jersey's New Adoption Law of 1953 A Study of Its Effects of the Adoption Structure of the New Jersey State Board of Child Welfare and on Eight Independent Adoption Placements Investigated by That Agency, July 1, 1954 Through June 30, 1955
Abstract
We can see therefore, from the above statement, that adoption has been deeply influenced in law and in practice by the more or less sacred character attributed to family bonds by society.Adoption in General History. Adoption is an institution which dates back to antiquity though its purpose and nature have varied considerably according to the period and the country. Although adoption was unknown to the common law it was an ancient custom under the civil law and in 2 India, Japan, Greece and Rome. In Rome, where the religious headship of the family and the property passed from father to son, adoption was often necessary to secure an heir or to promote and continue the prestige of a family. It was used primarily not as a means of caring for dependent children, but for providing an heir when a family was with- out one or providing one better qualified to carry on the family traditions, than were the natural children. By adoption, individuals could be raised to a higher social class, or certain difficulties in civil law in regard to filiation could be overcome. Even today, in some countries, it is simpler for a man to adopt his illegitimate child than to recognize him.
Subject Area
Law|Social research|Individual & family studies
Recommended Citation
Jennings, Mary Agnes, "New Jersey's New Adoption Law of 1953 A Study of Its Effects of the Adoption Structure of the New Jersey State Board of Child Welfare and on Eight Independent Adoption Placements Investigated by That Agency, July 1, 1954 Through June 30, 1955" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050476.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050476
