Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Publication Title
Cleveland State Law Review
Keywords
adoption law, same-sex couples, lesbians, sexual orientation
Abstract
Ohio law regarding second-parent adoptions remains unsettled. Section II of this article provides an overview of Ohio adoption law. Section III presents the case of In re Jane Doe, starting with the decision of the lesbian couple to jointly bring a child into this world, and continuing with the efforts of both mothers to obtain legal recognition for the de facto parent's status through adoption, and the legal strategies employed by the mothers' attorneys, also addressed are the court-appointed Guardian Ad Litem (GAL), the social science data supplied by the amicus curiae to help the court reach a fully informed decision, and the Ohio courts' rejection of the possibility of second-parent adoptions in Ohio. Section IV offers a critique of the courts' analysis of the case. Section V is a brief conclusion.
Repository Citation
Susan J. Becker, Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Couples in Ohio: Unsettled and Unsettling Law, 48 Cleveland State Law Review 101 (2000)
Volume
48
Included in
Family Law Commons, Juvenile Law Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons
