My name is Attorney Anthony Spratley. I'm the owner and founder of genius Law Group here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where we practice law. And we do it well. Are you an adult and want to get adopted by another adult?
This happens with step-parent cases and other circumstances. We've done several adult adoptions here at genus now, they're rare but they do happen. New Mexico law allows it to happen. Strangely there are very few states in the union that allows adult adoptions, but it's possible.
So, fortunately, if you're in the state of New Mexico and have residence within the state, you're able to do an adult adoption. Now that you know that you can do adult adoption in New Mexico, you might be asking where does that adoption begin? It begins with that adult petitioning the court for that adoption to take place. Now, do you need the consent of anyone to move forward with that adoption?
Well, usually the consent comes from the person who is going to adopt you, right? That's step-parent. And usually, that's a no-brainer, because hopefully, you've had a conversation with the person that's going to adopt you.
And they're willing to say, yes, I want to adopt my stepchild. There could be a scenario where that stepparent says no for one reason or another. But typically, before you file that petition, you're going to want to make sure the stepparent wants to adopt you as their adult child. We've had successful petitions here, where adult children or stepchildren usually have asked for their step-parent to adopt them. And usually, it happens without issue.
