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State Supreme Court Upholds “Second-Parent” Adoptions

Published Aug 5, 2003 6:45 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 4:52 pm

The state Supreme Court in San Francisco has reversed a lower court decision allowing a birth mother to try to stop her former lesbian partner from adopting a child they planned to raise together.

Gay rights organizations hailed the ruling for backing the validity of 10,000 existing “second-parent” adoptions.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 4:52 pm