Carson Petersen was all smiles last month after his adoption was made official in a California courthouse.
Petersen, 18, from Fresno, finally found a forever family with his foster parents, Tex and Renee Petersen, after spending over a decade in and out of the foster system.
"It was emotional," Carson Petersen told ABC News of the June 30 adoption. "I teared up a little bit because I was happy that I could let go of my past and start forward from that day, until now."
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