In this New York Surrogate’s Court adoption proceeding where the two parties never married, petitioner, the father of the Cambodian child who is the subject of this adoption, sought to vacate the court’s prior order permitting respondent, the New york adoptive parent, to “re-adopt” a Cambodian orphan who was residing with her in New York, and to allow him immediate visitation as the father’s child, pursuant to a Cambodian adoption. The...

“Anne Hathaway’s family left the Catholic Church because of its intolerance of homosexuality. Anne grew up wanting to become a nun but shunned Catholicism when she learned her older brother, Michael, was gay.” Hathaway says, “The whole family converted to Episcopalianism after my elder brother came out. Why should I support an organization that has a limited view of my beloved brother?” Anne was nominated for an Oscar™...

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Gideon Alper -GayCouplesLawBlog.com - Seattle University Law School professor Julie Shapiro had a interesting post this past weekend on why lesbians should think twice before using a known sperm donor. Professor Shapiro points out what’s unique about a California where a lesbian couple split up five months after one woman gave birth to twins. Now they fight for custody. Smith [the non-birth mother] is not simply...

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Gideon Alper - GayCouplesLawBlog.com - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Louisiana has to recognize the New York same-sex adoption of a Louisiana child even though Louisiana does not itself grant same-sex adoptions. Last October I talked about Adar v. Smith, the Fifth Circuit case where a couple that went to New York to legally adopt a baby born in Louisiana couldn’t get an updated birth certificate...

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 11:22am- ProudParenting.com Under reforms in Australia, legal parentage of a child born in surrogacy agreements will transfer from the birth mother to the parent or parents who commissioned the birth. This extends to same-sex couples. An opposition bill that would see surrogacy continue to be illegal for same-sex couples was debated but it failed to pass. The Australian State Parliament made the decision after...