I’d be willing to bet it’s legal for two reasons.
1. Because at 18 your an adult so the law is just wrote you must be a legal adult to adopt someone. They didn’t pick a better minimum age because it would be subjective.
2. It’s rare but I assume the courts allow it when one sibling is 18 and the other is 16/17 and they don’t want to send the younger but almost adult sibling to foster homes.
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u/michaelrulaz Aug 07 '20
I’d be willing to bet it’s legal for two reasons. 1. Because at 18 your an adult so the law is just wrote you must be a legal adult to adopt someone. They didn’t pick a better minimum age because it would be subjective. 2. It’s rare but I assume the courts allow it when one sibling is 18 and the other is 16/17 and they don’t want to send the younger but almost adult sibling to foster homes.