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.
In regular adoption, the parent-child relationship with the biological parents is not terminated.
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.