Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956, when a child of the opposite sex is proposed to be…
Section 11(iii)–(iv) requires an age difference of at least twenty-one years when a male adopts a female or a female adopts a male. This is the opposite-sex requirement…
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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956, when a child of the opposite sex is proposed to be adopted, the adopter must be senior to the child in age by at least:
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Section 11(iii)–(iv) requires an age difference of at least twenty-one years when a male adopts a female or a female adopts a male. This is the opposite-sex requirement under HAMA, rather than a universal age-gap rule for every statutory adoption framework.
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