Section 26-10F-6 - Conditions for adopting an adultAn adult may be adopted under any of the following conditions:
(1) He or she is an individual with a total and permanent disability.(2) He or she has been determined to be an incapacitated person as defined in Section 26-2A-20.(3) He or she consents in writing to be adopted and is related in any degree of kinship to the petitioner or petitioners, as defined by the intestacy laws of Alabama, or is a stepchild or former stepchild by marriage.(4) He or she had been in a de facto parent-child relationship with each petitioner during the minority of the adoptee for at least one year preceding the filing of the petition and each petitioner has maintained a continuous familial relationship with the adoptee. This provision shall include, but is not limited to, a foster parent relationship with the adoptee.Ala. Code § 26-10F-6 (1975)
Added by Act 2023-92,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2024.