Adoption may also be applied for by any person over the age of twenty-six. If the adopter is married and not legally separated or bound by a civil solidarity pact, the consent of the other member of the couple is required unless the latter is unable to express his or her wishes.
The following may be adopted: 1° Minors for whom the parents or the family council have validly consented to the adoption; 2° Wards of the State for whom the family council for wards of the State has consented to the adoption; 3° Children judicially declared abandoned under the conditions provided for in articles 381-1 and 381-2; 4° Adults, in the simple form and in the plenary form in the cases…
Where the child was taken in before the age of fifteen by persons who did not meet the legal conditions for adoption 2° Where the child was the subject of a simple adoption before the age of fifteen; > 3° In the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of article 344; 4° In the cases provided for in article 370-1-3.
Simple adoption is permitted regardless of the age of the adopted person.
No one may be adopted by more than one person except by two spouses, two partners in a civil solidarity pact or two cohabitees. However, a new simple or full adoption may be granted after the death of the adopter or both adopters, and a simple adoption may be granted to a child who has been the subject of a full adoption if there are serious grounds.
Adoption between ascendants and descendants in the direct line and between brothers and sisters is prohibited. However, the court may order adoption if there are serious grounds which the interests of the adopted person require to be taken into consideration.
The adopter or adopters must be fifteen years older than the children they propose to adopt. However, where the difference in age is less than that provided for in the preceding paragraph, the court may order the adoption if there are good grounds.
When the filiation of a minor is established with regard to both parents, both must consent to the adoption. If one of them is deceased, unable to express his or her will, or has lost his or her rights of parental authority, the consent of the other is sufficient.
When a child’s filiation is established with regard to only one of its parents, that parent alone must consent to the adoption.
When the child’s parents are deceased, unable to express their wishes or have lost their rights of parental authority, consent is given by the family council, after consulting the person who, in fact, cares for the child. The same applies if the child’s filiation has not been established.
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