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A second parent adoption is a legal procedure that allows a same-sex parent to adopt a partner\u2019s biological or adoptive child without terminating the legal rights of the first parent. States must honor second-parent adoptions from other states. <\/p>\n

Second-parent adoption is authorized in California by statute – and where appellate courts have ruled that the state adoption law permits second-parent adoption.<\/p>\n

A statute is a law passed by a legislature. An appellate court is about appeals. It has the power to review the judgment of another lower court or tribunal.<\/p>\n

Second-parent adoption is authorized by statute in Colorado, Connecticut, and Vermont.<\/p>\n

Appellate courts have ruled that the state adoption law permits second-parent adoption in the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Trial courts have granted second-parent adoptions in Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington.<\/p>\n

Appellate courts have ruled that state adoption law does NOT permit second-parent adoption in Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

It is unclear in the following 22 states whether the state adoption law permits second- parent adoptions: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Source: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force<\/a><\/cite>
\nPhoto: Family Equality Council<\/a><\/cite>
\n10\/07<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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