# Michigan adoption laws

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-adoption-laws/705787>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-adoption-laws/705787 "2014-11-27T21:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![cornopean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-adoption-laws/705787/1 "2014-11-27T21:26:26Z")

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I wonder if anyone is familiar with Michigan adoption laws.(?) Someone told me that if you have six or more minor children in your house you can’t adopt. Is that true? We really want to adopt but we have six children of our own.

I googled like crazy and couldn’t find any confirmation of that.

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-adoption-laws/705787/2 "2014-11-27T22:54:02Z")

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Have you contacted [MI DHS](http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,4562,7-124-60126-144763--,00.html) or an attorney specializing in adoptions?

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**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-adoption-laws/705787/3 "2014-11-28T08:43:40Z")

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As someone who has previously adopted in Michigan, my first question would be to define the age and other factors involved in the potential adoptee?