40-8-106. Who may adopt. The following persons are eligible to adopt a child:
     (1) a husband and wife jointly or either the husband or wife if the other spouse is a parent of the child;
     (2) an unmarried person who is at least 18 years old;
     (3) a married person at least 18 years old who is legally separated from the other spouse;
     (4) in the case of an illegitimate child, its unmarried father or mother.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 240, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 240, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 94, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 61-203.