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biological parent

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A quick definition of biological parent:

A biological parent is someone who helped create a baby by providing an egg or sperm. They are usually the mother or father of the child, but can also be an adoptive parent or legal guardian. Sometimes, a parent's rights can be taken away by a court. There are also other types of parents, like foster parents who take care of children who don't have a family, and stepparents who marry someone with children from a previous relationship.

A more thorough explanation:

A biological parent is a person who provides either the egg or the sperm to form the zygote that grows into an embryo. In ordinary usage, the term denotes more than responsibility for conception and birth. The term commonly includes either the natural father or the natural mother of a child, the adoptive father or adoptive mother of a child, a child's putative blood parent who has expressly acknowledged paternity, and an individual or agency whose status as guardian has been established by judicial decree.

For example, if a child is born to a woman and a man who are married, they are both considered biological parents. If a child is adopted, the adoptive parents become the biological parents. If a man acknowledges paternity of a child, he becomes the biological father.

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@amlaw: do not trust the doom voices! there is only “we’re so back” in your future
@waitlistpurgatory: maybe depends how behind they are
probably not though
yeah feel like today is the end of working week
yeah most colleges are very liberal with their days off
amlaw
16:18
@ararara: sorry i didn’t think i was saying anything bad, just talking about the waitlist experience
[] ararara
16:32
It just sounds like you're dooming I would get off this thing!
16:43
i'm happy all the time
16:44
going to my ex-boyfriend's best friend's comedy show tn
16:46
also it's july i don't think anything substantive is going on in this chat
amlaw
16:46
yeah
amlaw
16:47
is your ex’s friend funny
[] ararara
16:49
Not if you take the chat and fill it up with long paragraphs so that relevant comments disappear. Please don't be difficult. Have a good day people!
16:53
probably? when we were in college he won our school's comedy competition
[] ararara
16:53
@pookiebear: CONGRATS GW IS HUGE
amlaw
16:55
that’s cool bunny
16:58
yeah idk if my ex shows up i will cry or punch someone
amlaw
17:00
risky
why not both
amlaw
17:00
well i don’t encourage violence but if you feel the need to punch someone hopefully it’s him
s95
17:01
hi this doesnt seem like the place to ask this but does anyone know any law schools that are good for a future specialization in immigration law?
babybunny
17:01
they live like two hours away from me and I think the friend decided to do this show specifically to see me which is a whole other can of worms
amlaw
17:02
ooh this is like a romance book
[] ararara
17:04
@s95: My cousin is an immigration attorney who recently argued in front of the supreme court. He attended the University of Houston for law school. There are so many good schools for immigration law, countless clinics.
[] ararara
17:05
@s95: The higher the rank though basically means more opportunities possibly with a debt trade off. It's hard for me to say more without knowing your goals though. Awesome you already have an idea what you want to do as a lawyer!
[] ararara
17:06
I would research immigration law clinics
@s95: generally school specialties are kind of silly. it’s usually the rank of the school that determines the opportunities you can get from it across the board
with caveats for strong regional schools with a regional focus and so on
17:27
@s95 University of San Diego
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