Adoptions and Orphans

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman Tuesday declared Florida’s 50-year-old ban on gay adoptions unconstitutional — a ruling state lawyers immediately said they would challenge. The ruling sets the stage for Frank Gill, ..

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Malawi’s director of Child Welfare Services, Penston Kilembe, told to Grazia magazine, “One fundamental condition in scrutinising adoptions is the connectedness of a family. We can’t approve a child to go into a broken family because …

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Supporters of gay adoptions are awaiting the decision of a Miami court that might provide a means of overturning a state law preventing gays from adopting.Under Florida law, gays and lesbians can be state-appointed foster parents or …

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On October 7, the President signed into law the “Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (HR 6893)” which Congress passed on September 17, 2008. This legislation targets specific deficiencies in the child welfare system and …

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… for allowing a lesbian woman to illegally adopt her female companion’s child, in clear violation of both Kentucky law and the Kentucky state constitution. The higher court reaffirmed that in Kentucky, stepparent adoptions are

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