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Open and Transracial Adoption

Open and Transracial Adoption EDITORIAL Wherein Lies the Best Interest of the Child? In this issue we will depart from our usual format of lengthy substan- tive editorials and instead briefly will consider the contents of the vol- ume in light of the legal and administrative standard of “the best interest of the child.” The three original articles all focus on controversial topics where the core issue is–or ought to be–“the best interest of the child” (Finley, 2002). The problem with the best interest of the child standard, however, is that the implementation of the standard lies “in the eye of the beholder.” I believe that this inherent shortcoming of the best interest of the child standard has contributed to the longstanding nature of these controver- sies and to the lack of consensus on the issues as well as to the lack of resolution of the controversies. Open adoption and transracial adoption have been among the most fiercely debated adoption issues over the past few decades and, in all likelihood, will continue to be fiercely debated given all the political agenda, ideological, legal, policy, and research positions that have been Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(3) 2003 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Open and Transracial Adoption

Finley, Gordon E.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 6 (3): 2 – Jan 1, 2003
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Open and Transracial Adoption

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EDITORIAL Wherein Lies the Best Interest of the Child? In this issue we will depart from our usual format of lengthy substan- tive editorials and instead briefly will consider the contents of the vol- ume in light of the legal and administrative standard of “the best interest of the child.” The three original articles all focus on controversial topics where the core issue is–or ought to be–“the best interest of the child” (Finley, 2002). The problem with...
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EDITORIAL Wherein Lies the Best Interest of the Child? In this issue we will depart from our usual format of lengthy substan- tive editorials and instead briefly will consider the contents of the vol- ume in light of the legal and administrative standard of “the best interest of the child.” The three original articles all focus on controversial topics where the core issue is–or ought to be–“the best interest of the child” (Finley, 2002). The problem with the best interest of the child standard, however, is that the implementation of the standard lies “in the eye of the beholder.” I believe that this inherent shortcoming of the best interest of the child standard has contributed to the longstanding nature of these controver- sies and to the lack of consensus on the issues as well as to the lack of resolution of the controversies. Open adoption and transracial adoption have been among the most fiercely debated adoption issues over the past few decades and, in all likelihood, will continue to be fiercely debated given all the political agenda, ideological, legal, policy, and research positions that have been Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(3) 2003 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

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Published: Jan 1, 2003

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