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The adoption of a person over the age of majority (as defined in state law).
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Adult Adoption Legal Definition
Adult Adoption in Connecticut
Any person eighteen years of age or older may, by written agreement with another person at least eighteen years of age but younger than himself or herself, unless the other person is his or her wife, husband, brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the whole or half-blood, adopt the other person as his or her child, provided the written agreement shall be approved by the court of probate for the district in which the adopting parent resides or, if the adopting parent is not an inhabitant of this state, for the district in which the adopted person resides. General Statutes of Connecticut (U.S.) § 45a-734(a) (2013).
Note: Definition based in the Connecticut Judicial Branch Family Glossary
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Meaning of Adult Adoption
In this law dictionary, the legal term adult adoption is a kind of the Family law class.
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