{"id":12092,"date":"2015-09-13T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T12:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=12092"},"modified":"2015-09-13T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T12:44:00","slug":"ohio-gay-couples-now-able-to-adopt-jointly-its-been-kind-of-nice-to-sit-up-here-and-see-the-world-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2015\/09\/ohio-gay-couples-now-able-to-adopt-jointly-its-been-kind-of-nice-to-sit-up-here-and-see-the-world-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio gay couples now able to adopt jointly. \u201cIt\u2019s been kind of nice to sit up here and see the world change.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/momszebra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/momszebra.jpg\" alt=\"momszebra\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/momszebra.jpg 560w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/momszebra-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Supreme Court decision regarding marriage has provided access to all the same court actions available to opposite-sex spouses &#8211; and that includes recognition as the legal parents of children moms and dads have been raising with their wives and husbands.<\/p>\n<p>Because same-sex couples had not been able to marry in Ohio or to have their out-of-state unions recognized, they couldn\u2019t jointly adopt. They couldn\u2019t adopt each other\u2019s kids through a second-parent, or stepparent action either.<\/p>\n<p>Paternity filings are now an option to couples who were married before adopting or having children. When approved, the determination allows the other parent to be listed on the child\u2019s birth certificate, just as an adoption does.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Morris, the Probate Court\u2019s administrative magistrate believes the transition has been smooth, and employees seem pleased to be able to serve couples and families long denied access to court processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been kind of nice,\u201d Morris said, \u201cto sit up here and see the world change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2015\/09\/09\/gay-bench-marks.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Columbus Dispatch<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Image not associated with article<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=12092\" data-num-posts=\"10\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court decision regarding marriage has provided access to all the same court actions available to opposite-sex spouses &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45999,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,195],"tags":[528],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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