Vermont
Summary: Any adult may be adopted.
Most Relevant Vermont Statutes:
§1-102
1-102. Who may adopt or be adopted.
- Subject to this title, any person may adopt or be adopted by another person for the purpose of creating the relationship of parent and child between them.
- If a family unit consists of a parent and the parent's partner, and adoption is in the best interest of the child, the partner of a parent may adopt a child of the parent. Termination of the parent's parental rights is unnecessary in an adoption under this subsection.