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country, and belief in the tenets of a religion may be indicative of moral fitness in a particular case.” Furthermore, it usually helps if the would-be parents and the child have the same religion. Often, state laws call for this “matching up” of religious affiliations. But again, this is not a hard-and-fast rule. Thus, courts have allowed non-matching adoptions when it would take considerable time to find adopting parents of the same faith. Reason: the importance of promptness in arranging placements. “In view of the emphasis placed by child care experts on a stable and wholesome environment in early infancy,” said one court, “delay must be deemed detrimental.”
A Virginia State Bar
Public Service Feature
by Will Bernard
The conterminous 48 United States get an average of 30 indies of precipitation a year, or about 1,430 cubic miles in total volume.
90.9%