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September 22, 2015

Lesbian Adoption Granted, Refused by Alabama Supreme Court

  The Alabama Supreme Court in the case of E.L. v V.L has refused to recognize an adoption granted to a lesbian woman in 2007 by a Georgia court. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a per curiam decision with one dissent, report Reuters, Al.com and the Associated Press. The woman who adopted the three children, conceived by […]
December 21, 2013

New Change in Adoption Law in Ohio: Greater Access to Records

The following article recently appeared in the Columbus Dispatch regarding changes to Ohio’s Adoption Law: COLUMBUS, Ohio — With a stroke of the pen Thursday, the state moved to open the birth records of hundreds of thousands of adopted Ohioans. Gov. John Kasich signed into law a bill that ultimately will allow adoptees, when they reach adulthood, to gain access […]
September 22, 2015

Lesbian Adoption Granted, Refused by Alabama Supreme Court

  The Alabama Supreme Court in the case of E.L. v V.L has refused to recognize an adoption granted to a lesbian woman in 2007 by a Georgia court. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a per curiam decision with one dissent, report Reuters, Al.com and the Associated Press. The woman who adopted the three children, conceived by […]
December 21, 2013

New Change in Adoption Law in Ohio: Greater Access to Records

The following article recently appeared in the Columbus Dispatch regarding changes to Ohio’s Adoption Law: COLUMBUS, Ohio — With a stroke of the pen Thursday, the state moved to open the birth records of hundreds of thousands of adopted Ohioans. Gov. John Kasich signed into law a bill that ultimately will allow adoptees, when they reach adulthood, to gain access […]