A father for Tanner

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. More than 100,000 children ages 0-17 are adopted into families in the United States every year. For Tanner Lee Dorr, however, adoption day didn't come until he was 33 years old. Tanner had been the live-in caregiver for David Jonathan for three years when David said he wanted Tanner to become his son, legally. The adult adoption proceeding took place on Thursday, July 17, 2025, via Zoom from their log cabin in Crawfordville, Fla., to the Hillsborough County C