A person who has lost one or both natural parents.
Any child not infected with HIV who has lost at least his or her mother.
For immigration purposes, a child whose parents have died or disappeared, or who has been abandoned or otherwise separated from both parents. An orphan may also be a child whose sole or surviving parent is incapable of providing that child with proper care and who has, in writing, irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption. In order to qualify as an immediate relative, the orphan must be under the age of sixteen at the time a petition is filed on his or her behalf. To enter the United States, an orphan must have been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen (and spouse, if married) or be coming to the United States for adoption by a citizen.
a child that survives after the parents have both died or are no longer present; Health
A child whose mother and father have died.
a young animal without a mother
deprived of parents by death or desertion
a being , typically a human or animal child , whoseparents have both died
a child whose parents are deceased or who have been declared deceased by a Chinese court
a newborn puppy without a female parent or dam
a vehicle whose parent company no longer sells or supports
a vehicle whose parent company no longer US auto workers and unions) object to buying products made in other countries
A minor child whose parents have died, have relinquished their parental rights, or whose parental rights have been terminated by a court of jurisdiction.
one who has lost one or both parents by death
Any Node that has no Parent specified. By definition, the root Node is an Orphan. For Resources, the homepage Document (default id="index") is an Orphan. Orphan Resources may also be created by not specifying a Parent, or by deleting the Parent of other Resources. Orphans appear in flat Indexes that select them. An special Orphans Index may be useful for maintaining Publications.
Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has lost one parent by death.
For purposes of international adoption, an Orphan is defined as a foreign child who does not have parents because "of the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or for whom the sole or surviving parent is incapable of providing the proper care and has in writing irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption." See Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 101(b)(1)(F); 8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F).
a child who has lost both parents by death. (Occasionally a child who has lost only one parent is described as an orphan.)
a child in a foreign country who has no living parents, or whose parents have disappeared or abandoned the child. In order for a child to be able to be brought into the U.S. for the purpose of adoption, the child must legally be an "orphan."
a child whose mother, father, or both have died.
For immigration purposes, a child under the age of sixteen years: whose parents have died or disappeared, who has been abandoned, whose sole surviving parent is impoverished by local standards and is unable to provide the child with proper care, and who has in writing, relinquished parental rights and irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption.
A child who has no parents because of death, disappearance, desertion or abandonment of the parents. A child may also be considered an orphan if the child has an unwed mother, or a single living parent who cannot care for the child and has released him/her irrevocably (permanently) for adoption and emigration. Adoptive parents must make sure that a child meets the legal definition of an "orphan" before adopting a child from another country.
a child that has no parents or only one parent that cannot care for them.
A child who lost one or both parents to death
Also, "social orphan." Used broadly to include abandoned children with one or both living parents, which is the case for roughly 95 percent of children in state institutions. Some parents have relinquished or been denied parental rights, but a substantial number of children who have run away or been abandoned, have parents who still have legal rights.
A child whose parents are both dead
A child may be considered an orphan because of the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents. The child of an unwed mother or surviving parent may be considered an orphan if that parent is unable to care for the child properly and has, in writing, irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption. The child of an unwed mother may be considered an orphan, as long as the mother does not marry (which would result in the child's having a stepfather) and as long as the child's biological father has not legitimated the child. If the father legitimates the child or the mother marries, the mother is no longer considered a sole parent. The child of a surviving parent may also be an orphan if the surviving parent has not married since the death of the other parent (which would result in the child's having a stepfather or stepmother). Note: Prospective adoptive parents should be sure that a child fits the definition of ‘orphan' before adopting a child from another country, because not all children adopted abroad meet the definition of ‘orphan', and therefore may not be eligible to immigrate to the United States.
For immigration purposes, a child under the age of 16: • whose parents have died or disappeared • who has been abandoned or otherwise separated from both parents • whose sole surviving parent is impoverished by local standards and incapable of providing that child with proper care and who has, in writing, irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption. To enter the United States, an orphan must have been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or be admitted to the United States for the purpose of adoption by a U.S. citizen.