Adoptive Relationship in United Kingdom

Definition of Adoptive Relationship

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Adoptive Relationship : A legal relationship created as a result of an adoption order (See adoption). A male adopter is known as the adoptive father, a female adopter as the adoptive mother, and other relatives as adoptive relatives. The laws of *affinity are, however, not altered by the new adoptive relationship.