Law forbidding gay adoption ensnares couple in politically charged Miami courtroom battle

Law forbidding gay adoption ensnares couple in politically charged Miami courtroom battle

Gay adoption case heard by South Florida appellate panel

Vanessa Alenier's fight to raise an infant relative seized by state child welfare administrators ended up Wednesday exactly where she had hoped it wouldn't: in a Florida courtroom filled with lawyers and advocates on both sides of the state's politically charged gay adoption law.

Gay couple ecstatic about adoption bill

A GAY couple who planned to go to the US to adopt can now apply for adoption in New South Wales.

Gay adoption Bill passed

A BILL giving same-sex couples the right to adopt has been passed by the NSW parliament. Have your say.

Gay Couple Fights To Adopt Relative

The Department of Children and Families say it is their responsibility to uphold a law banning gay couples from adopting children, and that has landed two women in court as they fight for the right to adopt a relative. Vanessa Alenier and her partner Melanie Leon are fighting to raise a baby seized from Alenier's relative by state child welfare administrators soon after the baby's birth Jan. 9 ...