RSA 170-B:4 (2014) "lists categories of individuals who are eligible to adopt." In re J.W., 172 N.H. ––––, ––––, 213 A.3d 853, 2019 WL 2847460 (2019) (slip op. at 2). The statute specifically provides that "[a]n unmarried adult" may adopt.
See id. Statutory interpretation is a question of law, which we review de novo. In re J.W., 172 N.H. 332, 335, 213 A.3d 853 (2019). In matters of statutory interpretation, we are the final arbiter of the intent of the legislature as expressed in the words of the statute considered as a whole.