§ 9301 Adult Adoption Spousal Consent

• •If you're married and not separated, you can't adopt an adult without your spouse's okay.
• •Your spouse has to be able to give that okay (like, they can't be in a coma).
• •This rule has been around since 1994.

A married woman wants to adopt her 25-year-old stepdaughter.

She can't do it alone if she's still married and living with her husband. Her husband has to agree to the adoption too, unless he's unable to (like if he's very sick and can't make decisions).