Man can adopt despite robbery conviction
A man who was convicted of third degree robbery may adopt a child despite being automatically disqualified to do so under state law by his conviction, a New York court has ruled. In In Re Adoption of...
View ArticleParents can sue hospital for adoptive child’s health problems
Parents who were told that the child they were adopting had no serious medical problems can sue the hospital where the child was born after they later learned the child had significant neurological...
View ArticleTyler Block: Fighting for adoptive parents
When Tyler Block stood before the Nebraska Supreme Court to argue against a district court ruling that barred his client from pursuing custody and visitation rights with the child she had raised with...
View ArticleAdoptive mother’s ex-partner may be ‘second parent’
An adoptive mother’s former same-sex partner could seek “second parent” status under state law, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment. The defendant adopted a new born child...
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Benchmarks: Adoptive parents can’t sue over birth defects
A New York couple didn’t learn until it was too late that the baby boy they wished to adopt had serious brain damage. Yesterday, they learned their legal remedies against the birth mother’s doctor were...
View ArticleInfertile wife not entitled to presumption of parentage
An infertile wife was not entitled to a presumption of parentage of her husband’s child carried by a surrogate mother, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled. The per curiam ruling affirms by an...
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Court to decide if tribal law can block adoption
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether tribal law can be invoked by a non-custodial parent to block an adoption by non-Indian parents that was lawfully initiated under state law. The case stems...
View ArticleGrandmother isn’t entitled to visitation after adoption
A grandmother was not entitled to visitation with her grandson following the boy’s adoption by non-relatives, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled in answering a certified question submitted by a...
View ArticleEmotional and fiery arguments in Indian adoption case
WASHINGTON – During oral arguments that were heated and at times emotional Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Indian Child Welfare Act trumps state law in a contested adoption. The...
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Justices rule for adoptive couple in Indian custody dispute
WASHINGTON – In a contested interstate adoption case that raised complicated questions about the intersection of federal and state law, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Child Welfare...
View ArticleJudge allows challenge to Michigan’s same-sex marriage law
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a same-sex couple challenging a Michigan law that prevents them from adopting each other’s children. In DeBoer v. Snyder,...
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