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In New Jersey, any adult at least 18 years old and at least 10 years older than the child can adopt. Adopting families can provide financial assistance to the birth mom for unreimbursed medical, legal, transportation, counseling and living expenses. Birth parent(s) can give consent to adoption after 72 hours. Consent is irrevocable after parental rights are terminated to a licensed, New Jersey adoption agency or to a judge. Fun fact: New Jersey is called "The Garden State" because it was once said that the state is "an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and New Yorkers from the other."

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