Idaho § 16-1509A - Dissolution of adoption
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 16-1509A — Dissolution of adoption, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-1509A. Dissolution of adoption
An adoption may be dissolved, upon petition, with the agreement of both the adoptee and the adopting parent, when the adopting parent was the spouse of a natural parent, and the marriage of the natural parent and adoptive parent was terminated. If the petition for dissolution occurs after the death of the adoptive parent, the court shall, in the finding of dissolution, specify the effect upon rights of inheritance. The court must determine that avoidance of statutory care is not the purpose of the dissolution, unless the court finds grounds to waive this finding. An action to obtain a decree of dissolution of adoption may be commenced at any time after the adoptee reaches twenty-one (21) years of age.
[16-1509A, added 1998, ch. 167, sec. 1, p. 563.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-1509A ("Dissolution of adoption") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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