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Final Vote in Virginia: Same-sex Couples Can't Adopt - Advocate.com
Advocate.com Final Vote in Virginia: Same-sex Couples Can't Adopt Advocate.com The Family Equality Council notes that more than 6000 children are in the Virginia foster care system and more than 1500 children are waiting for adoption. Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on F more...

Marran seeking judge's position - Livingston Daily
Marran seeking judge's position Livingston Daily Marran worked in private practice from 1990 to 2004, specializing in probate, juvenile, family and adoption law. Supporters are already rallying behind Marran, including retired Circuit Judge Stanley J. Latreille who is se more...

LNP 'would be a disaster': Bligh - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times LNP 'would be a disaster': Bligh Brisbane Times However, Ms Bligh is not keen to pursue changes to the state's adoption law which automatically disqualifies same-sex couples from being considered as adoptive parents, in contrast to foster care and more...
'Rail fix must happen' - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times 'Rail fix must happen' Brisbane Times However, Ms Bligh is not keen to pursue changes to the state's adoption law which automatically disqualifies same-sex couples from being considered as adoptive parents, in contrast to foster care and surrogacy more...

DeWine wants foster-care review - Columbus Dispatch
DeWine wants foster-care review Columbus Dispatch Practical reforms are possible, said Denise St. Clair, executive director for the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University. For example, Ohio law now says that the state must file a motion for perma more...

Kacey VanDeaver Named Baylor Law's Newest 'Top Gun' - Baylor University
Kacey VanDeaver Named Baylor Law's Newest 'Top Gun' Baylor University She has served on the Student Bar Association and competed in the Adoption Law and Child Welfare Moot Court Competition and the Lone Star Mock Trial Competition. Yelverton is a native of Orange more...

Chicago City Council: Bob Fioretti - NBC Chicago (blog)
Chicago City Council: Bob Fioretti NBC Chicago (blog) He served on many high-profile cases such as the adoption case of Baby Tamia, which influenced changes in Illinois adoption law. The Ward: The 2nd Ward is a hodgepodge ward made up of several districts. They include: East more...

Will there be Arab democracy? - Jewish Chronicle
Will there be Arab democracy? Jewish Chronicle One of the first actions of the Islamists in Tunisia, who won the first free elections, was to repeal an adoption law passed under former leader Ben Ali, since, under sharia law, there can be no adoption. The new regime in Tunis more...

Love, shared - The Free Lance-Star
Love, shared The Free Lance-Star A Massachusetts law passed in 1851 is considered the first modern adoption law. Soon, the practice blossomed in this country (although Europe lagged by 70 years or so) because of adoption's "compatibility with cherished national tradition more...

Kevin Hague upbeat on chances of progress - Gay NZ
Gay NZ Kevin Hague upbeat on chances of progress Gay NZ "I'm certainly also committed to trying to revive the cross-party approach to overhauling adoption law that I began last term. This had significant support, including for the same-sex couples parenting aspect, from more...