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NCLR Applauds California Ruling Recognizing Same-Sex Parent of Adopted Children as a Legal Parent

by NCLR Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | DADT, fertility treatment, LGBT parents, parental rights, custody restrictions, parentage, same-sex parents, adoption

(San Francisco, CA, December 7, 2011)—The case was brought by a woman, known as S.Y., who raised two children with her former same-sex partner. The children were legally adopted only by S.Y.’s partner, S.B. S.Y. did not adopt the children, primarily because she was in the military and could have been discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” if the military learned about her family. The Court of Appeal, applying longstanding California law, ruled last week that S.Y. should be recognized as a...