adoption
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 »
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 »
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 »
