Evolution of Coalition Adoption
The Coalition adoption process, once seen as a bureaucratic formality, has taken on the traditions common amongst Coalition species; slowly morphing into a conglomeration of various traditions and rites. The first incident of adoption within the Coalition is recorded as being a process that allowed for an Individuated Ik-tek-na to be adopted into the guardianship of an individual Synth. Later laws pertaining to the protection of Individuated Ik-tek-na allowed the process to fall out of practice though it is still possible for the dynamic to be performed.
The introduction of the Silvestra to the coalition required the adoption process to be overhauled with the Nicovites being fully excluded from the practice. Silvestra had a preexisting tradition involving the migration from one tribe to another wherein the new member was celebrated at a festival feast and gifted keepsakes from each tribe when possible. The act of gift giving was not written into the law but maintained as a general practice that many adhere to.
With the addition of the Tamorin and Kin species the adoption process saw an alteration in the form of food sharing, leading to many adoption ceremonies to include a feast or even small snack, this facet of the process can be forgone with a signed waver.
Terrans were also pivotal in the addition of the "home" clause to the adoption ceremony. When the paperwork is filed, the adoptee is expected to include the name of their homeship, station or planet of residence, clarifying if the adoptee alters their residence. Though not a requirement some prefer to perform the adoption at the new residence rather than at a Coalition courthouse outpost.
The Eos added another tradition to the process in that the precise "words" used in their adoption practices where written into the law in such a way that necessitated the usage of lights. When an Eos is not a participant or present for an adoption synthetic light sources are used to convey the transference of guardianship in the Eos language. This was seen as important so that records could be reviewed more easily by Eos. Given the Eos prioritization of family, they made the most abundant Coalition workers to act as adoption process reviewers, a job they were also instrumental in the creation of, citing the express purpose of double checking that all adoptions were consensual and not performed under duress.
Dryad inclusion in the Coalition brought another tradition into the law which requires the adoptee to be present for the process. Adoption in absentia was outlawed, with only the post mortem adoption allowing any form of loophole. The absentia law was seen by most as long overdue at this point and overall embraced as a measure that would reduce fraud.
The most fundamental aspects of Coalition adoption remained present from the first instance, that a clear intent of caretaking or guardianship be present for the adoption to proceed. This was challenged by the Mythos government however the clause was upheld with an almost unanimous vote.
Though there are still a few Coalition species that find the tradition of adoption to be strange many, particularly multi-species and inter-species families have praised the Coalition bureaucracy for making the process not only direct, clearly outlines and streamlined but also an act that is always, in some way, a celebration of familial love.
The introduction of the Silvestra to the coalition required the adoption process to be overhauled with the Nicovites being fully excluded from the practice. Silvestra had a preexisting tradition involving the migration from one tribe to another wherein the new member was celebrated at a festival feast and gifted keepsakes from each tribe when possible. The act of gift giving was not written into the law but maintained as a general practice that many adhere to.
With the addition of the Tamorin and Kin species the adoption process saw an alteration in the form of food sharing, leading to many adoption ceremonies to include a feast or even small snack, this facet of the process can be forgone with a signed waver.
Terrans were also pivotal in the addition of the "home" clause to the adoption ceremony. When the paperwork is filed, the adoptee is expected to include the name of their homeship, station or planet of residence, clarifying if the adoptee alters their residence. Though not a requirement some prefer to perform the adoption at the new residence rather than at a Coalition courthouse outpost.
The Eos added another tradition to the process in that the precise "words" used in their adoption practices where written into the law in such a way that necessitated the usage of lights. When an Eos is not a participant or present for an adoption synthetic light sources are used to convey the transference of guardianship in the Eos language. This was seen as important so that records could be reviewed more easily by Eos. Given the Eos prioritization of family, they made the most abundant Coalition workers to act as adoption process reviewers, a job they were also instrumental in the creation of, citing the express purpose of double checking that all adoptions were consensual and not performed under duress.
Dryad inclusion in the Coalition brought another tradition into the law which requires the adoptee to be present for the process. Adoption in absentia was outlawed, with only the post mortem adoption allowing any form of loophole. The absentia law was seen by most as long overdue at this point and overall embraced as a measure that would reduce fraud.
The most fundamental aspects of Coalition adoption remained present from the first instance, that a clear intent of caretaking or guardianship be present for the adoption to proceed. This was challenged by the Mythos government however the clause was upheld with an almost unanimous vote.
Though there are still a few Coalition species that find the tradition of adoption to be strange many, particularly multi-species and inter-species families have praised the Coalition bureaucracy for making the process not only direct, clearly outlines and streamlined but also an act that is always, in some way, a celebration of familial love.
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