545. No person of full age may be adopted except by the persons who fulfilled the role of a parent towards him when he was a minor.
The court, however, may dispense with this requirement in the interest of the person to be adopted, taking into consideration, among other things, the quality, duration and continuity of relations between the adopter and the person of full age.
1991, c. 64, a. 545; 2016, c. 4, s. 80; 2017, c. 12, s. 15.