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IN RE ADOPTION OF R.B.F.

803 A.2d 1195 (2002)

In re ADOPTION OF R.B.F. and R.C.F. Appeal of B.A.F. and C.H.F. In re Adoption of C.C.G. and Z.C.G. Appeal of J.C.G. and J.J.G.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Biancheria, Pittsburgh, Sandra Gail Edwards Gray, Lancaster, for B.A.F., C.H.F., J.C.G., and J.G.G.

Michael Kenneth Coran, Philadelphia, Jennifer Middleton, pro hac vice, for Lambda Legal Defense, Education Fund & Nat'l Center for Lesbian Rights.

Susan Frietsche, Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Bar Assoc., et al.

Meredith L. Schalick, Pittsgrove, NJ, Frank P. Cervone, Philadelphia, for Adoptions from the Heart, et al.

Philip Joseph Murren, Camp Hill, for Pennsylvania Catholic Conference.

Keith Origene Barrows, Williamsport, Pennsylvania Family Institute.

Before: ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

These consolidated appeals raise the issue of whether the Adoption Act requires a legal parent to relinquish his or her parental rights in cases where a same-sex partner seeks to adopt the legal parent's child. We hold that Section 2901 of the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2901, affords the trial court discretion to determine whether, under the circumstances of a particular...

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