Questão jurídica principal
Whether the stepfather’s adoption request was admissible after the child reached majority during the proceedings.
Decisão extraída
The adoption provisions for minors still applied because the child was a minor when the request was filed; the parental-consent requirement fell away once majority was reached during the case.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 268(3) CC, the minor-adoption rules remain applicable if their conditions were met earlier; however, parental consent is no longer required when majority is attained during the procedure.