Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, a 25-year-old Hindu woman seeks to adopt a…
Section 11(iv) requires a female adopter to be at least twenty-one years older than the male adoptee. The stated difference is twenty years and stays twenty years as both…
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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, a 25-year-old Hindu woman seeks to adopt a five-year-old Hindu boy. Assume the other statutory requirements are met. Does their age difference permit the adoption?
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Correct answer B
Section 11(iv) requires a female adopter to be at least twenty-one years older than the male adoptee.
The stated difference is twenty years and stays twenty years as both people age.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 11(iv) requires a gap of at least twenty-one years. The given gap is twenty.
Option B
Twenty-five minus five is twenty, which is one year below the statutory minimum.
Option C
Aging by the same number of years leaves the age difference unchanged.
Option D
The Act permits female adoption of a male subject to the statutory requirements, including the age difference.
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