An adult may be adopted under any of the following conditions:

(1) He or she is an individual with a total and permanent disability.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-10F-6

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(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.
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