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• Alabama
  ...[[adoption]] except where the court finds that the child does not have the mental capacity to consent. ...incompetent or mentally incapable of consenting or relinquishing and whose mental disability is likely to continue for so long a period that it would be detr
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• Alaska
  **Emotional illness, mental illness, or mental deficiency ...of harm, including, but not limited to, [[abandonment]], torture, chronic mental injury, chronic physical harm, or [[Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]].
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• Arizona
  ...s unable to discharge parental responsibilities because of mental illness, mental deficiency, or a history of chronic [[abuse]] of dangerous drugs or alcohol *Physical and mental health conditions of the applicant
  53 KB (8,306 words) - 02:08, 14 February 2018
• Arkansas
  ...ate includes, but is not limited to, mental illness, emotional illness, or mental deficiencies. *The mental health, emotional stability, and maturity of the applicants
  39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:23, 14 February 2018
• Edgar Allan Poe and Adoption
  His later life was over-shadowed by financial and mental problems and periodic drunkenness, and he was temporarily disinherited by h [[Category: Mental Illness]]
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• Birth Father (Glossary)
  ...ct]] of other children in the household, [[abandonment]], long term mental illness, failure to support or maintain contact with the child or a felony convicti
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• Colorado
  ...parent unlikely within a reasonable time to care for the ongoing physical, mental, and emotional needs and conditions of the child *The physical and mental health, emotional stability, and moral integrity of the petitioner
  43 KB (6,806 words) - 05:28, 14 February 2018
• Malcolm X
  ...1931. Several years later, because of their great poverty, and her mental illness, he and his siblings were taken from their mother by social workers and put
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• Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis
  ''This information was taken directly from The National Institute of Mental Health'' ...r disorder]] using guidelines from theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). To be diagnosed with [[Bipolar Disorder|bipolar disorder]]
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• Bipolar Disorder: Treatments
  ...ol of their mood swings and related symptoms. But because it is a lifelong illness, long-term, continuous treatment is needed to control symptoms. However, ev ...t half of those who recovered still had lingering symptoms. Having another mental disorder in addition to [[Bipolar Disorder|bipolar disorder]] increased one
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• Who Can Adopt from China
  *Mental disability; *Severe mental disorders requiring medication for more than two years, including depressio
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• Who Can Adopt from Sweden
  ...r spouse’s whereabouts are unknown or is suffering from a serious mental illness. One spouse may also, with the consent of the other spouse, [[adopt]] that
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• Illinois
  ...older must consent. The court may waive consent if the child is in need of mental treatment or is intellectually disabled. **Mental illness, mental deficiency, or intellectual disability
  54 KB (8,465 words) - 05:41, 14 February 2018
• Iowa
  ...a chronic mental illness, has been repeatedly institutionalized for mental illness, and presents a danger to self or others.
  42 KB (6,605 words) - 05:44, 14 February 2018
• Kansas
  *Committed an act of physical, mental or emotional [[abuse]], [[neglect]], or [[Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]] and w *Emotional illness, mental illness, mental deficiency, or physical disability of such duration or nature as to make th
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• Kentucky
  ...etardation|mental retardation]] of the parent, as certified by a qualified mental health professional, that renders the parent consistently unable to care fo *The physical, emotional, and mental health of the child and the prospects for the improvement of the child’s
  42 KB (6,489 words) - 05:46, 14 February 2018
• Louisiana
  *The parent has no mental incapacity. ...lness or condition that would present a health (including past and present mental health) or safety risk to a child placed in the home
  56 KB (8,844 words) - 05:47, 14 February 2018
• Massachusetts
  ...condition, such as alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency, or mental illness, that makes the parent unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care of the ...ate period, such as alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency or mental illness, and the condition makes the parent unlikely to provide minimally acceptabl
  45 KB (7,121 words) - 05:53, 14 February 2018
• Michigan
  *Physical and mental health, including any history of substance [[abuse]] ...mother or the child to be [[adopted]] in connection with the birth or any illness of the child
  48 KB (7,670 words) - 05:54, 14 February 2018
• Mississippi
  *Suffers from a medical or emotional illness, mental deficiency, behavior or [[Conduct Disorder|conduct disorder]], severe physi ...wed in its entirety would pose a risk of substantial harm to the physical, mental, or emotional health of the child
  39 KB (6,283 words) - 05:57, 14 February 2018