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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.

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