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tate of Alabama 

Unified Judicial System 
                                Page 1 of 3 
Form PR-1             8/08 

PETITION FOR ADULT ADOPTION 
(Section 26-10A-16, Ala.Code 1975) 
 

 

TATE OF ALABAMA  

___________________COUNTY 

n the Matter of the Adoption Petition of [Full Name(s) and Age(s) of Petitioner(s) and his/her/their residence address(es), 
including city(ies) or town(s), state(s), and zip code(s)]: 
________________________________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________________________________ 

o Adopt _____________________________________________________________ (Name of Person), 

an adult. 

O THE HONORABLE _____________________________________, JUDGE OF PROBATE OF 

_______________________________ COUNTY, ALABAMA: 

omes now the above-named Petitioner(s), wishing to adopt the person named above pursuant 

to the laws of the State of Alabama, who allege(s) the following (Check which boxes are applicable): 

   ] 1. The Petitioner(s)      ] is/are residents of, or [   ] is/are in military service in, or [     as an 
agency or institution having guardianship or custody of the person to be adopted, has/have an 
office in, ___________________________________ the State of Alabama and the county(ies) of 
______________________________________. 

   ] 2. The Petitioners are married which marriage occurred on ______________________(date), 
in ________________________________________(city or town and state). 

[   ] 3.  The Petitioner(s) respectfully petition(s) this Court for leave to adopt the above-named 
person, whose birth name is ______________________________________, with more detailed 
information set out below (Check which boxes are applicable): 

   ] Other Name(s) By Which the Person Has Been Known: _____________________________ 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
_______________________________________________________________________________. 

   ]  Proposed New Name of Person: _______________________________________________. 

   ] City or Town, County, and State in Which the Person Now Resides or Has a Legal   
Residence:_____________________________________________________________________. 

   ] Date and City or Town, County, and State of Birth of Person:  
_______________________________________________________________________________. 

   ] Name(s) of Birth Parent(s): _____________________________________________________. 

   ] Name of investigating party/agency for unrelated petitioner(s): _______________________ 
       ____________________________________________________________________________. 

   ] Name and address of person/agency doing home study: ____________________________ 
       ____________________________________________________________________________. 
 

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State of Alabama                          PETITION FOR ADULTADOPTION       Probate Court 
Unified Judicial System                                     (Section 26-10A-16, Ala.Code 1975)                                              Case No.: 
                                  Page 2 of 3 
Form PR-1                      8/08 

he reason(s) why the person is being adopted (Check which boxes are applicable): 

         This person can be adopted because: 
[     ]  the person is an adult stepchild by marriage; 
[     ]  the person is an adult who consents in writing to be adopted and is related to any 
degree of kinship as defined by the intestacy laws of Alabama; 
[     ]  the person is an adult who is totally and permanently disabled; 
[     ]  the person is an adult who has been determined to be mentally retarded; 
[     ]  the person is an adult who consents in writing to be adopted by an adult man and 
woman who are husband and wife. 

        4.  The person’s name after the adoption shall be as follows:  
_______________________________________________________________________________. 

        5.  The Petitioner(s) wish(es) to establish a parent-child relationship with the person 
being adopted, and the Petitioner(s) represent(s) to the Court that he/she/they is/are (a) fit and 
proper person(s) able to care for and provide for the adopted person’s welfare.  

        6.  The above-named person being adopted is related to the Petitioner(s) as follows: 
______________________________________________________________________________.  

        7.  The Petitioner(s) aver(s) that the above-named person being adopted is now in the 
custody of (If applicable, name(s) and home address(es), including city(ies) or town(s), state(s), and zip 
code(s), of any person(s), or address(es) of any agency(ies), etc. who or which currently have custody of the 
above-named person to be adopted):
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________. 

ame, County, and State of Court Issuing Custody Order and Date of Order: 

______________________________________________________________________________. 

        8.  The Petitioner(s) further aver(s) that there exist(s) the following additional order(s) of 
court regarding custody or visitation with, or access to, the Adoptee [Name(s), County(ies), and 
State(s) of Court(s) Issuing Custody, Visitation, or Access Order(s) and Date(s) of Order(s)]: 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________. 

        9.  If applicable, the name(s) and business address(es) [including city(ies) or town(s), 
state(s), and zip code(s)] of the placing agency(ies) is/are as follows: 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________. 
 

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     ]  10.  The  name(s), relationship(s), age(s), and home address(es) of a/the person(s) 
known to the Petitioner(s) at the time of the filing of this Petition from whom (a) consent(s) or 
relinquishment(s) to this adoption are required by law are as follows: 

   
 
State of Alabama                         PETITION FOR ADULT ADOPTION          Probate Court 
Unified Judicial System                                         (Section 26-10A-16, Ala.Code 1975)                                   Case No.: 
                                         Page 3 of 3 
Form PR-1                     8/08 

   

ame/Relationship 

 Age   
___________________  _____  
___________________  _____  
___________________  _____  
___________________  _____  

Home Address 
_____________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________ 

     ]  11.  The person who is being adopted has been in the home of the Petitioner(s) since 
(date): _______________________________________________________________________. 

ttached to this Petition is a copy of the birth certificate of the person who is  being adopted

or a copy of an affidavit stating that an application for a birth certificate has been 
made. 
 

The premises considered, the Petitioner(s) pray(s) that this Court will do the following, 
if applicable:  (1) take jurisdiction of the matters contained in this Petition for Adoption; (2) if 
applicable, issue an interlocutory order delegating custody and/or the responsibility for the 
care, maintenance, and support of the persons being adopted; (3) set a time and date for a 
dispositional hearing; and (4) make such other and further orders and decrees as may be 
necessary to effectuate the legal adoption of the person.   

Dated this the _____________day of ___________________________, 20___. 

 
 

_________________________________ 
Signature of Petitioner(s) 

 

 
STATE OF ___________________________ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_____________________________ COUNTY  

, __________________________________________, a Notary Public in and for the above-
named County and State, hereby certify that _______________________________________ 
_______________________________________________________________________, whose 
name(s) is/are signed to the foregoing Petition and who is/are known to me, who being first 
duly sworn on oath, acknowledged before me on this day, that being informed of the 
contents of this Petition, executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date. 

iven under my hand this the ________day of _________________________, 20___. 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Petition For Adoption

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