Who can adopt a Child in India?

Naveen
Answered on November 13,2019

General

Prospective adoptive parents (PAP):- who are physically, mentally and emotionally stable, financially capable and who do not have any life-threatening medical conditions are eligible to adopt.
The minimum age difference between the child and PAP/s shall not be less than twenty-five years

Married:

Single:

Single persons with or without biological or adoptive children can adopt provided they satisfy the following:

A single female can adopt a child of any gender
A single male is not eligible to adopt a girl child
Age of a single parent does not exceed 55 years.
Must have less than four children unless they are adopting a child with special needs, a hardto-place child, a relative’s child or a step-child.

The age of the child that could be placed with PAPs differs based on the age of the PAPs on the date of registration as given in the following table:

Age of the child	Maximum composite age of the prospective adoptive parents	Maximum age of single prospective adoptive parent
0-18 years	90 years	45 years
4 to 18 years	100 years	50 years
8 to 18 years	110 years	55 years

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