Adoption laws
Adoption Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
This page links to the adoption laws of the states.
Related LII materials include:
- the LII "Law about ..." adoption page
- the LII page summarizing the marriage laws of the states
- the State Statutes by Topic page
- the LII State Law pages
Statutes
- Alabama - Title 26, Chapter 10
- Alaska - Chapter 23, §§ 5 thru 240
- Arizona - Title 8, §§ 8-101 thru 8-173
- Arkansas - Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9
- California - Family Code, §§ 7660-9300
- Colorado - Title 19, Article 5, Part 2
- Connecticut - HB 5349, 5843, 5966, 6607, 7035, 70076, SB 1274. See also, Chapter 803, Sections 45a-706 to 45a-770
- Delaware - Title 13, Chapter 9
- Florida - Title VI, Chapter 63
- Georgia - §§ 19-1-1 thru 19-15-7
- Hawaii - Chapter 578
- Idaho - §§ 16-1501 thru 16-1515
- Illinois - Chapter 750, Act 50
- Indiana - Title 31, Article 19
- Iowa - Chapter 600
- Kansas - Chapter 59, Article 21
- Kentucky - Title XVII, Chapter 199
- Louisiana - Children's Code, Title XII
- Maine - Title 19, Chapter 21
- Maryland - Family Law, §§ 5-301 thru 5-4B-12
- Massachusetts - Chapter 210, §§ 1 thru 14
- Michigan - Chapter 722, §§ 722.951 thru 722.960 (Act 203 of 1994)
- Minnesota - Chapter 259
- Mississippi - Title 93, Chapter 17
- Missouri - Chapter 453
- Montana - Title 42
- Nebraska - Chapter 43
- Nevada - Chapter 127
- New Hampshire - Title 43, Chapter 461 (Repealed), Other: Title 10, Chapter 126D
- New Jersey - Title 9
- New Mexico - Chapter 40, Articles 7A, 7B, 14
- New York - see Domestic Relations (Chapter 14), Article 7
- North Carolina - Chapter 48
- North Dakota - Chapter 14-11 (Repealed), New Statute: Chapter 14-15
- Ohio - Title 31, Chapter 3107
- Oklahoma - Chapter10, §§ 7001 thru 7501
- Oregon - Chapter 109, (Title 11)
- Pennsylvania - Title 23, Part 2
- Rhode Island - Chapter 15-7
- South Carolina - Title 20, Chapter 7, Article11, Subarticle 7
- South Dakota - Title 25, Chapter 6
- Tennessee - Title 36, Chapter 1
- Texas - Family Code, Title 5, Chapter 162
- Utah - Title 78, Chapter 30
- Vermont - Title 15, Chapter 9
- Virginia - Title 63.2, Chapters 12 to 14
- Washington - Title 26, Chapter 33
- West Virginia - Chapter 48, Article 4
- Wisconsin - Chapter 48.43 thru 48.835 (with regards to adoption after termination of parental rights)
- Wyoming - Title 1, Chapter 22
- District of Columbia - Division 2, Title 16, Chapter 3
- Puerto Rico