Louisiana State Law on Adult Adoption

State Law on Adult Adoption

Louisiana

Summary: A person over the age of 17 may be adopted by a person over the age of 18, with consent of the person to be adopted, and possibly others depending on the age and status of the petitioners and person to be adopted.

Most Relevant Louisiana Statute:
RS 9:461

9:461. Right of adoption; conditions, limitations, and procedure; court order.

Any person eighteen years or older may adopt any person over the age of
seventeen years, according to the following conditions, limitations, and
procedure:
1. The adoption shall be effected by the execution of a notarial act signed by:
  1. The adoptive parent or parents and the person to be adopted when the
    person to be adopted is a major or an emancipated minor.
  2. The adoptive parent or parents and the duly appointed curator when the
    person to be adopted is an interdicted major.
  3. The adoptive parent or parents and the living parent or parents or
    guardian or tutor, or a tutor ad hoc appointed for the purpose, of the
    person to be adopted when the person to be adopted is an unemancipated
    minor over the age of seventeen years.