Lawrence T. NEWMAN and Beverly R. Newman, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
STATE OF INDIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 3, 1997.
Decided November 19, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William E. Daily (argued), Danville, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Jon B. Laramore (argued), Jeffrey A. Modisett, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees State of Indiana, Evan Bayh.
Michael A. Wilkins, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Children's Bureau of Indianapolis, Inc.
John T. Roy, Stephenson, Daly, Morow & Kurnik, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Jack L. Cottey.
Niccolo N. Donzella, Shapiro & Olander, Baltimore, MD, Wendy J. Greenberg, Sandra Barnes (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Department of Human Resources, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant-Appellee State of Maryland.
Niccolo N. Donzella, Barron L. Stroud, Jr., Shapiro & Olander, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant-Appellee Worcester County, Maryland, Worcester County Sheriff's Department, Dan McAllister, Jim Stant.
N. Kent Smith, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Kurt A. Moehle.
Peter A. Schroeder, Ellen W. Quigley, Norris, Choplin & Johnson, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Michael Bishop.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The subject of domestic relations, including adoptions, is the primary responsibility of the state courts, administering state law, rather than of the federal courts. Ankenbrandt v. Richards,504 U.S. 689, 703-04, 112 S.Ct. 2206, 2214-15, 119 L.Ed.2d 468 (1992); Ex parte Burrus,136 U.S. 586, 593, 10 S.Ct. 850, 852-53, 34 L.Ed. 500 (1890); T.W. v. Brophy,
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