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I am a single woman, in my thirties. Can I adopt a child under Israeli law?

In principle , according to the 1981 Child Adoption Act, a female candidate for adoption has to be a married woman, though there are exceptions in which a single person can adopt, for example, where both parents are killed, and an unmarried relative wishes to adopt, or where a parent or adoptive parents dies, and the surviving partner applies. It is now also possible for a Lesbian woman to adopt her female partner's child.