Rockford, IL asked in Adoption for Louisiana

Q: Hello, I am 22 and live in Louisiana and I am trying to figure out how would I go about doing an adult adoption

The adoptee will my aunt and her husband. The reason being is because I have physical disabilities and whenever it flares up I lose the ability to speak and my birth mother isn’t stable enough to be making decisions for me on my behalf

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Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Answered
  • Family Law Lawyer
  • Covington, LA
  • Licensed in Louisiana

A: Because she is a relative, you can do an Intrafamily Adult Adoption by Acknowledged Act. Contact an EXPERIENCED adoption attorney. I just saw an adult adoption bungled by a non-experienced family law attorney.

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