Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Overturned

Florida's three-decade ban on gay adoptions has finally been overturned by a couple who successfully adopted two brothers this month. Martin Gill and his partner have fostered these two boys for six years before they were finally successful in making the adoption legal on Wednesday.

The couple was helped by the American Civil Liberties Union who helped them file a case claiming that the state's law with unconstitutional. In a surprising turn of events the state of Florida decided not to appeal the decision of the 3rd District Court of Appeal who agreed with Gill's case. The Department of Children and Families has also made a tremendous change in their policy, altering forms to not ask whether adoptive parents are homosexual or not. 

The law in question was enacted in 1977 and it is believed to be the only one of its kind in the US. 

If you're interested in adoption, particularly step-parent adoption, contact our legal team to discuss your interests with a Riverside family lawyer.