The Secretary of the Department of the Family may initiate the adoption process of a minor under his/her guardianship on behalf of an adopter, when he/she deems it convenient in the best interests and welfare of the minor, provided the parents or guardians of the aforesaid have renounced patria potestas or guardianship, or when the court has deprived them of patria potestas or guardianship for any of the grounds established in this Code. History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 135 on Jan. 19, 1995, No. 8, § 1.
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