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Oklahoma’s Adoption Invalidation Law<\/cite> was passed in 2004. It said that Oklahoma shall not recognize an adoption by more than one individual of the same sex from any other state or foreign jurisdiction.”<\/p>\n

Under the law, single gay men and lesbians could become the parent of adoptive children, but same-sex couples were barred from adopting. The law even allowed the state to invalidate adoptions where couples had been awarded joint parenting rights in states where co-adoption is legal.<\/p>\n

A U. S. District Judge declared the law unconstitutional in 2006 but the state of Oklahoma appealed to the 10th Circuit. Lambda Legal<\/strong> took the state to court.<\/p>\n

That court ruled the Adoption Invalidation Law<\/cite> violates the “Full Faith and Credit Clause” of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n

Lambda Legal represented two same-sex couples and their families who adopted children while living in other states and later moved to Oklahoma or wanted to visit the state with their family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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