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1 Meaning of Transracial Adoption / Transcultural Adoption. 2  Adoption of a child of one race by a family of a different race. 3  In the converse, âsame-race adoptionâ, child and parent are the same race.
A stepparent who adopts agrees to. become the legal parent and be fully responsible. for his or her spouseâs child. After the. stepparent adoption occurs, the noncustodial. parent (the parent not living with the child) no. longer has any rights or responsibilities for the. child, including child support.