noun
regular adoption; ordinary adoption
Legal term for adoption where the child retains legal ties to the biological parents, unlike 特別養子縁組 (special adoption). Requires consent of both parties.
普通養子縁組では、実親との親子関係は終了しない。
In regular adoption, the parent-child relationship with the biological parents is not terminated.
彼らは普通養子縁組によって子供を迎えた。
They welcomed a child through regular adoption.
Special adoption: severs legal ties with biological parents and is more permanent. 普通養子縁組 keeps those ties intact.
Compound of 普通 (ordinary) + 養子縁組 (adoption). A modern legal term distinguishing ordinary adoption from special adoption.