Minimum Age Difference As a Requisite for Adoption Export

@article{citeulike:1046371, abstract = {Recent incidents of abortive uses of adoption statutes have pointed up the possible need for a healthy change in our adoption laws: the inclusion of a required age difference between adopter and adoptee. The author urges that such a statutory requirement is necessary to more fully effectuate the idea that \"adoption imitates nature,\" a postulate of adoption law originating in Roman jurisprudence and, so the author contends, underlying adoption law in this country. The article raises interesting questions concerning the very nature of adoption, the function which it serves in our society, and the possible policy differences between minor and adult adoptions.}, author = {Wadlington, Walter J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1046371}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1371536}, journal = {Duke Law Journal}, keywords = {adoption, law, primary}, number = {2}, pages = {392--414}, posted-at = {2007-01-17 17:02:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Minimum Age Difference As a Requisite for Adoption}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1371536}, volume = {1966}, year = {1966} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1046371 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1046371 N2 - Recent incidents of abortive uses of adoption statutes have pointed up the possible need for a healthy change in our adoption laws: the inclusion of a required age difference between adopter and adoptee. The author urges that such a statutory requirement is necessary to more fully effectuate the idea that "adoption imitates nature," a postulate of adoption law originating in Roman jurisprudence and, so the author contends, underlying adoption law in this country. The article raises interesting questions concerning the very nature of adoption, the function which it serves in our society, and the possible policy differences between minor and adult adoptions. IS - 2 JF - Duke Law Journal EP - 414 TI - Minimum Age Difference As a Requisite for Adoption VL - 1966 SP - 392 KW - adoption KW - law KW - primary AU - Wadlington, Walter PY - 1966/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/1371536 ER -