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Family Law

Adoption

What age restrictions are imposed on prospective adoptive parents?

Some states provide that prospective adoptive parents be a certain amount older than the minor children they seek to adopt. For example, California law provides that a non-familial adoptive parent must be at least 10 years older than the minor child he or she seeks to adopt. Most states require that adoptive persons be at least 21 years of age.



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