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In the US state of Texas, the court allowed a citizen Mariel Clayton to adopt Mary Smith, seventy-six. You maybe perplexed by imagining a young family that is adopting an older woman, but in reality it’s not so. Mariel recently celebrated her ninety-second birthday, making her the act is not so strange.
According to Clayton, she had long wanted to adopt Smith, however decided on it just now. Currently aged American collects the documents necessary for this.
Mary was brought up by Mariel from the age of eleven. Foster mother then, as it is easy to calculate, it was twenty-seven. Girl, having lost her parents, was her distant relative. Upon learning of this, Mariel immediately sheltered Mary, but did not begin to deal with adoption. Surprisingly, despite the severity of American laws, lack of official custody brought no family troubles.
Mary Smith’s father is known to have died as a result of cardiac insufficiency, and the mother was in a psychiatric hospital. Mariel Clayton had four natural daughters at the time. All five children brought up to her alone, but the woman coped well with by this.
To journalists’ questions about what prompted her to finally adopt relative, Mariel reported: any type of relationship It is worth formalizing. Also according to the elderly women, she was very bored, so she decided to diversify judicial process of adopting your life. Especially since this is both older women enjoyed it and how they consider extend their time in this world.
By the way, in old age, some take more and less cardinal decisions that completely change their life.
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