Fact

Yes. Only 6 states specify you can adopt someone once you are 18. 3 states are 21, 2 states it is 25, and then at least 5 other states that require you to be at least 10 years older than the child you plan to adopt. The rest don’t really specify age limits- but as a minor you’d need your parents consent to adopt, an agency willing to adopt to you, and likely a court would get involved and a judge would have to rule. That is ambiguous but unlikely. BUT- there isn’t really a lot of need traditionally for such laws because the average domestic adoption costs $25000-50,000 and international (legal) adoptions usually more. You also have to generally meet certain criteria for consideration as fit to be a parent, including certain financial barriers that there really haven’t been too many cases where a minor could meet all the requirements to actually test what would happen in modern law.

"but as a minor you’d need your parents consent to adopt", sucks for those orphans needing to be adopted