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  2. In re Gill - Wikipedia

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    September 22, 2010, in favor of Gill and his partner, who sought to adopt two foster children they had parented since 2004 at the state's behest, thus striking down Florida's anti-gay adoption law. Citation: 45 So.3d 79: Case history; Prior actions: Eleventh Circuit Court found in favor of petitioner, 2008; ruling had been appealed by the State ...

  3. Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children & Family ...

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    The Court noted that "adoption is not a right; it is a statutory privilege" [2] and that adoption is wholly a creature of the state. It then noted that in "formulating its adoption policies and procedures, the State of Florida acts in the protective and provisional role of in loco parentis for those children who, because of various circumstances, have become wards of the state.

  4. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to ...

  5. The Baby Brokers: Inside America’s Murky Private-Adoption ...

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    An estimated 1 million families in the U.S. are looking to adopt at any given time. But problems with private adoption appear to be widespread.

  6. Same-sex adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Florida, a 1977 law prohibited adoption by homosexuals following the anti-gay Save Our Children campaign led by Anita Bryant. In November 2008, a state circuit court struck down the law through In re: Gill, a case involving a gay male couple raising two foster children placed with them in 2004 by state child welfare workers. [53]

  7. How much an adoption costs and 4 ways to pay for it - AOL

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    The most affordable way to adopt a child is through the U.S. foster care system. On average, it costs under $2,800 to adopt a child from foster care.. Independent adoption through an attorney ...

  8. Outline of adoption - Wikipedia

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    Italian law requires adopters to be married (or living together) for at least 3 years. Adoption in Scotland; Adoption in the United States – There are both private and public adoption agencies. Private adoption agencies often focus on infant adoptions, while public adoption agencies typically help find homes for waiting children, many of them ...

  9. Appellate judges revive Jewish couple's lawsuit alleging ...

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    The lawsuit against the state challenges a 2020 law that installed legal protections for private adoption agencies to reject state-funded placement of children to parents based on religious beliefs.

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