Can a adult undo their adoption?

[Halls]

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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas

This may be a question never asked here. It's a bit weird. Can a grown adult undo their adoption. Adult in question is 20 and was adopted by her biological mothers friends a long time ago. The relationship was always bad and she has no more contact with her adoptive family. Can she legally undo it? Thanks for any answers.

 

[Antigone*]

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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas

This may be a question never asked here. It's a bit weird. Can a grown adult undo their adoption. Adult in question is 20 and was adopted by her biological mothers friends a long time ago. The relationship was always bad and she has no more contact with her adoptive family. Can she legally undo it? Thanks for any answers.

Believe it or not, this has been asked before. The adoption cannot be undone.

 

[Halls]

Ah......Thanks!

 

[nextwife]

She could get someone ELSE to adopt her now. That would "undo" the legal parentage that the adoption created.

 

[Halls]

Thanks next wife! That's helpful!

 

[mistoffolees]

She could get someone ELSE to adopt her now. That would "undo" the legal parentage that the adoption created.

Yes, but why?

So OP's friend doesn't like her parents. Big deal. Lots of people don't like their parents. She is free to never talk to them again if she doesn't wish to. She can remove them from his Christmas card list. She can even unfriend them on Facebook. But why waste the time and energy trying to pretend that the last 20 years never happened? I would argue that she would be better off spending that money on a good counselor to learn to deal with her life rather than an attorney to try to pretend that it is something else.

 

[LdiJ]

Yes, but why?

So OP's friend doesn't like her parents. Big deal. Lots of people don't like their parents. She is free to never talk to them again if she doesn't wish to. She can remove them from his Christmas card list. She can even unfriend them on Facebook. But why waste the time and energy trying to pretend that the last 20 years never happened? I would argue that she would be better off spending that money on a good counselor to learn to deal with her life rather than an attorney to try to pretend that it is something else.

I know several people who were adopted as adults, specifically because they did not want their parents to be their legal next of kin or have any potential access to their future children. However, the parents in question were about as horrible as it gets. In each case they had someone they truly loved and trusted that they regarded as parents, and who loved them unconditionally.

Not all states allow for adult adoption. However, in the states that do, the consent of the biological parents is not needed.