A stepparent may want to adopt the child of his or her spouse. The parental rights of the non-custodial parent must be terminated by a voluntary judicial consent or under certain conditions involuntarily by the court. No home study is required as the court will conduct its own investigation of the adoptive family.
A relative may adopt a child to whom they are related within the fifth degree by marriage, blood or adoption. As with stepparent adoptions, no home study is required.