Mother Seeks Public Help to Locate Missing Child |
| In interstate custody dispute, the child's other mother fails to transfer custody per court-order; disappears with child.
Janet Jenkins today appealed to the public for help in locating her daughter, Isabella Miller-Jenkins.
In November, the Rutland Family Court in Vermont ordered that Lisa Miller transfer custody of the child to Janet Jenkins on January 1, 2010. The transfer of custody did not occur, and Isabella's and Lisa's whereabouts are unknown. Lisa's attorneys say that they have not been in touch with her for some months, and Isabella's guardian ad litem and attorney have been unable to contact her.
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Human Rights Campaign Releases New Employer’s Guide to Adoption Benefit Programs |
| Resource outlines best practices for LGBT inclusion in employee adoption benefits
WASHINGTON DC – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today the release of a groundbreaking resource “Adoption Benefit Programs: LGBT Considerations for Employers,” which provides standards and guidelines for insuring equity for all employees who adopt. The release is timed to coincide with National Adoption Month, which raises awareness about the thousands of children and youth in foster care waiting for a “forever family.” To download the guide visit: www.hrc.org/AdoptionBenefits.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments in Lambda Legal's Case Seeking Birth Certificate for Child Adopted by Two Fathers |
| Lower court ruled state must issue birth certificate to same-sex adoptive parents of baby boy
New Orleans, LA – A three-member panel of federal judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard today from attorneys on both sides regarding Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the Louisiana Registrar of Vital Statistics for refusing to respect the New York adoption by a same-sex couple of a Louisiana-born baby boy.
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The Right to Family: Adoption by Gay People in Florida |
| Article provided by Tamara K. Holden PA Visit us at www.floridadivorcelawyer4u.com
On November 25, 2008, Martin Dell and the two boys he had been raising for the past four years officially became a family. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman determined that there was no plausible reason Martin, a gay man, should be denied the right of adoption.
For Martin Dell and his two boys, however, it wasn't quite the end of the story.
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Task Force on hand as Commerce Department makes census policy change official |
Task Force staffers met with officials from the White House, Census Bureau and Commerce Department to successfully press for this policy reversal
WASHINGTON DC — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was on hand for today's official announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department that the U.S. Census Bureau would report married same-sex couples in the 2010 census. The Task Force played a key role in getting the U.S. Census Bureau to report the number of married same-sex couples, which has never been done before and reverses an earlier decision made under the Bush administration. The Task Force pressed for a reversal of the discriminatory policy in meetings that started in late 2008 with the Obama transition team, continuing later with officials from the White House, Census Bureau and Commerce Department. While the policy reversal decision was made public in late June, today marked the official announcement of that change.
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