law: Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 
  8. Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption 
  Any female Hindu- 
  (a) who is of sound mind,
  (b) who is not a minor, and
  (c) who is not married, or if married, whose marriage has been
  
  dissolved or whose husband is dead or has completely and finally renounced the
  
  world or has ceased to be a Hindu or has been declared by a court of competent
  
  jurisdiction to be of unsound mind, has the capacity to take a son or daughter
  
  in adoption.