children & parenting
Lambda Legal Files Supreme Court Case in Louisiana Birth Certificate Case
Sun, 2011-07-10 23:00 — AnonymousNEW ORLEANS — Lambda Legal filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The state of Louisiana has refused to recognize the adoption and issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy's parents. Read more »
Adoption Granted for Gay Floridian Who Challenged Ban
Mon, 2011-01-24 00:00 — AnonymousMIAMI—A gay Miami man has officially adopted two brothers after he successfully fought to overturn Florida’s three-decade old ban on gay adoptions. Read more »
Nonprofit Provides Adoption Assistance to LGBT Families
Tue, 2010-12-07 00:00 — AnonymousNEW YORK, NY—On December 1, 2010, Helpusadopt.org, a national 501c3 organization that awards grants to those pursuing adoption, helped eight new grant recipients with the costs of their adoptions. Helpusadopt.org builds families, one adoption at a time. Twice annually (June and December) the organization distributes grants in amounts up to $15,000 to help with the costs of adoption. Read more »
FL Adoption Ban Officially Ends
Thu, 2010-10-21 23:00 — AnonymousTALLAHASSEE, FL—Florida's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians came to an official end Friday.
Attorney General Bill McCollum said the case that led to the overturning of the state's 33-year-old law wasn't the right case
to take to the state's Supreme Court. Read more »
Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida Gay Adoption Ban
Wed, 2010-09-22 16:34 — AnonymousMIAMI—A Miami appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida's ban on gays adopting is unconstitutional and affirmed the controversial adoption of two foster children by a gay North Miami couple. Read more »
Mexican Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Adoption
Sun, 2010-08-15 23:00 — AnonymousMEXICO CITY, MEXICO—In a preliminary vote, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing lesbians and gays to adopt children. Read more »
Florida AG: Ban Gay Foster Parents
Tue, 2010-08-10 00:00 — AnonymousFlorida Attorney General Bill McCollum said that gay foster parenting should be illegal. Read more »
The Kids Are Alright
Thu, 2010-07-29 09:26 — AnonymousA nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers. Read more »
Protecting Your Family
Thu, 2007-11-22 01:00 — Stephen J. HylandIn a previous article, I wrote about the changes to parenting brought about by the civil union bill in New Jersey. For lesbian couples, in particular, the new law is very helpful, since it means that a child born to one spouse in a civil union is presumed to be the child of the other partner. As a result, both women will be named as parents on the birth certificate at birth. Read more »
Becoming a Family
Fri, 2007-09-07 00:00 — Stephen J. HylandCivil unions are not perfect, but they open up a whole new set of issues relating to same-sex families, including protections for our children. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in the New Jersey marriage case (Lewis v. Harris), same-sex couples had the right to adopt each other's children, via second-parent adoption, to jointly adopt unrelated children, and to seek visitation and custody, should the couple break up. However, none of these rights were clearly established by statute; instead, these rights resulted from court decisions. Read more »
