Adopting a 20 year old from another country in the state of Massachusetts?
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Adopting a 20 year old from another country in the state of Massachusetts?
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Are there any federal laws that would prohibit this? How about state?
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my lil mans growing to fast
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dont think you can as they are over 18 |
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Serenity71
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Why? |
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H******
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No, that's prohibited on the grounds that if it were legal, everyone would be by-passing the proper immigration process
tsk tsk
ETA: Actually, adult adoption IS possible, contrary to some of the misleading answers here |
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Can't adopt someone formally over the age of 18 |
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told by their state and federal gov't that they are not permitted to know even their own?
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 Adopting a friends child? |
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