Fitness

Gender Identity

The ability of a prospective adoptive parent to provide for the best interests of a child the parent wishes to adopt. a court may consider many aspects of the prospective parents’ lives in evaluating their fitness to adopt a child, including financial stability, marital stability, career obligations, other children, physical and mental health, and criminal history.

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