{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-26-10f-6","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 26-10F-6","heading":"Who May Be Adopted.","body":"An adult may be adopted under any of the following conditions:\n(1) He or she is an individual with a total and permanent disability.\n(2) He or she has been determined to be an incapacitated person as defined in Section 26-2A-20.\n(3) He or she consents in writing to be adopted and is:\na. Related in any degree of kinship to the petitioner or petitioners, as defined by the intestacy laws of Alabama;\nb. A stepchild or former stepchild by marriage; or\nc. A United States citizen and the court is satisfied that there exists a multi-year relationship akin to that between a parent and child and the adoption is for a legitimate purpose.\n(4) He or she had been in a de facto parent-child relationship with each petitioner for at least one year during the minority of the adoptee, and each petitioner has maintained a continuous familial relationship with the adoptee. This subdivision shall include, but is not limited to, a foster parent relationship with the adoptee.","path":["Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.","Chapter 10F Alabama Adult Adoption Code."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-10F-6","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:54Z","sha256":"c17f230fac930a89faea70a0703ef326c358a5b164b6d6dd52d1ec2d3e34cc04","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-26-10f-5","next":"us-al/ala.-code-26-10f-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}