Category Archives: Children of Same-Sex Couples

Florida’s Ban on Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians Ends for Now

October 23, 2010 | Adoption Same-Sex Couples, Children of Same-Sex Couples
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The last state to ban adoptions by gay men and lesbians conceded defeat Friday.  Florida’s Attorney General, Bill McCollum, said there will be no appeal of the case that led to the overturning of the state’s 33-year-old law. The case, decided by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, involved licensed foster parent Frank Martin Gill…

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Civil Union in Vermont Makes Non-Biological Mom a Legal Parent in New York

May 5, 2010 | Adoption Same-Sex Couples, Children of Same-Sex Couples, same-sex partners
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New York’s highest court ruled 7-0 yesterday (May 4) that a non-biological mother is a legal parent and entitled to seek custody and visitation.  The New York Court of Appeals based its decision on a Vermont civil union that the non-biological mother and her former partner entered into before the birth of their son. The…

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