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 according to such section as his or her child when a court grants permission at his or her request.

If the person who is to adopt a child or is to be adopted as a child has a spouse, he or she shall obtain prior consent of such spouse, save where the spouse is unable to express the consent or has left the domicile or abode and has not been heard of in any manner for not less than one year.

A minor who is an adopted child of any person cannot be an adopted child of another person at the same time, save where the minor is to be adopted by the spouse of his or her adopter.

Adoption of a child shall be valid only upon registration according to the law.

An adopted child has the same status as a legitimate child of the adopter, but he or she does not lose the rights and duties in the biological family. In this event, the biological father and mother shall lose the parental power from the day and time the child is adopted.