Adoption is the process by which somebody takes legal ownership of a child.
I don't know a lot about how to go about the adoption process.  Can you tell me some about it?
A couple or an individual can be at the helm of the process
So they will allow individuals to adopt as well - would that be through a public or a private adoption?
These changes are meant to have a permanent change in the parent and child's lives
I would imagine so - so many kids in foster care these days due to parents that have no business having children.
The modern adoption systems arose in the 20th century
I would have thought it was older than that - do you know the percent of adoptions that are performed each year?
Apparently the code of Hammurabi even discusses adoptions
What is that?