Part I of this Article will discuss some of the legal difficulties associated with co-parenting and why lesbian couples have sought second-parent adoptions. Part II will examine the particular statutory obstacles to second-parent adoptions and then analyze the various ways courts in several states have overcome these obstacles. Finally, Part III will discuss the implications of these decisions in terms of their creation of legal and social norms
In addition to the need for homes for children without any legally recognized parent, the need for a...
In light of recent American and Canadian case law granting legal parenting rights to three parents i...
Should a child be allowed two legal parents only if born into a marriage? For children of heterosexu...
Part I of this Article will discuss some of the legal difficulties associated with co-parenting and ...
When lesbian couples start families, one woman often begins with all the legal entitlements of paren...
The Liberal Judicial Construction of State Adoption Laws Allows Courts to Grant Second Parent Adopti...
In the past twenty years, openly lesbian and gay people have joined in the evolving national dialogu...
Most adults take for granted their right, through marriage and adoption, to legally protect their re...
In this Essay, Schacter examines recent judicial decisions on so-called second parent adoption, in...
Two recent decisions of the California Court of Appeal, Curiale v. Reagan and Nancy S. v. Michele G....
Does adoption of minor children by openly lesbian or gay adults serve the best interests of children...
Do intact same-sex couples where one member of the couple became pregnant with assisted reproduction...
Ohio law regarding second-parent adoptions remains unsettled. Section II of this article provides an...
Many of today\u27s family relationships no longer fit within the traditional one-mother, one-father ...
Advances in reproductive technologies and a greater social acceptance of same- sex relationships hav...
In addition to the need for homes for children without any legally recognized parent, the need for a...
In light of recent American and Canadian case law granting legal parenting rights to three parents i...
Should a child be allowed two legal parents only if born into a marriage? For children of heterosexu...
Part I of this Article will discuss some of the legal difficulties associated with co-parenting and ...
When lesbian couples start families, one woman often begins with all the legal entitlements of paren...
The Liberal Judicial Construction of State Adoption Laws Allows Courts to Grant Second Parent Adopti...
In the past twenty years, openly lesbian and gay people have joined in the evolving national dialogu...
Most adults take for granted their right, through marriage and adoption, to legally protect their re...
In this Essay, Schacter examines recent judicial decisions on so-called second parent adoption, in...
Two recent decisions of the California Court of Appeal, Curiale v. Reagan and Nancy S. v. Michele G....
Does adoption of minor children by openly lesbian or gay adults serve the best interests of children...
Do intact same-sex couples where one member of the couple became pregnant with assisted reproduction...
Ohio law regarding second-parent adoptions remains unsettled. Section II of this article provides an...
Many of today\u27s family relationships no longer fit within the traditional one-mother, one-father ...
Advances in reproductive technologies and a greater social acceptance of same- sex relationships hav...
In addition to the need for homes for children without any legally recognized parent, the need for a...
In light of recent American and Canadian case law granting legal parenting rights to three parents i...
Should a child be allowed two legal parents only if born into a marriage? For children of heterosexu...