MATTER OF CAITLIN


163 Misc.2d 999 (1994)

622 N.Y.S.2d 835

In the Matter of the Adoption of Caitlin and Another. (Adoption No. 1.)

Family Court, Monroe County.

January 6, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldman, Newman, Shinder & Franklin (Gregory A. Franklin of counsel), for petitioner in adoption No. 1. Elizabeth A. Sammons, Law Guardian, in adoption No. 1. Karen L. Morris for petitioner in adoption No. 2. Michael A. Rosenbloom, Law Guardian, in adoption No. 2.


ANTHONY J. SCIOLINO, J.

In these two cases, involving two children each, the court was presented with petitions for second parent adoptions by the lesbian life partners of biological mothers. The court granted the adoptions and indicated that because of the novelty of this type of adoption request, a written decision would issue.

In both adoption No. 1 and adoption No. 2, the couples have lived together...

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