It’s also strange that they used the proper nouns: Person, Adoption, Age, Years, and Resident. This indicates an alternative meaning to the common usage, and should be defined. “Years a Resident” is also likely a colorable term. The Articles of Confederation stated, in Article I, “the stile of this confederacy shall be ‘The United States of America.’” The stile “United States of America” was created by King George III, in the Treaty of Paris, when he implied a principality, and constantly referenced “the said United States” as though it’s been clearly defined previously. It goes on to separate “the said United States, viz., New Hampshire...” which, at first glance, seems to identify the 13 colonies as the said United States; however the commas before and after viz. seem to separate the said United States from the 13 colonies, as though it’s a 14th entity. We’d need to start by clearly defining “United States.” It is usually defined as the District of Columbia, the insular possessions, and territories. They love to use the term “several States,” but rarely qualify it. When you do find State defined: it is almost always Puerto Rico, the territories, and/or the possessions; and in some cases, the District of Columbia.