Cases Related to Adoption and Parenting
Adar v. Smith
Case successfully representing gay fathers in Louisiana who were refused a birth certificate for their newly adopted son by the office of State Registrar.
Boswell v. Boswell
Case seeking visitation rights for a gay father
Davenport v. Little-Bowser
Case seeking birth certificates from the state of Virginia that reflect the names of the same-sex adoptive parents
Day v. Social Security Administration, et al.
Case seeking disability benefits for the children of a same-sex couple
Department of Human Services v. Howard
(Amicus) Case arguing against ban on any person who engages in same-sex sodomy from becoming a foster parent
Egan v. Fridlund-Horne
Case seeking to uphold non-biological mother’s right to have parenting time with her child.
Finstuen v. Edmondson
Case challenging an extreme law that left children adopted by same-sex couples in other states “orphans” when their families moved to or traveled through Oklahoma
Giancaspro v. Congleton
Case seeking to reverse a Michigan trial court ruling that violated the Full Faith and Credit clause by making three adopted children legal orphans in the state.
Hedberg v. Detthow
Case seeking to remove custody restriction forcing a same-sex couple to live separately in order to retain custody of a child
In re Infant Girl W.
Case arguing for joint adoption by same-sex couples
In re Joshua S.
Case arguing for a mother to be awarded attorney fees after winning her right to a second-parent adoption
In re S.J.L. and J.K.L.
Case seeking custodial rights for a non-biological mother whose ex-partner used Ohio’s constitutional amendment in an attempt to have her barred from seeing her children.
In the Matter of J.D. Fairchild
Case seeking to maintain a joint custody agreement between two lesbian parents despite Ohio's antigay amendment
J.R.V. v. A.O.V.
Case arguing for a gay father to have joint custody of his three children
Kaufman v. Virginia Department of Social Science
Case seeking the right for a lesbian woman to adopt her second child
Kutil v. Blake
Appeal of a trial court order taking a thriving one-year-old girl away from her lesbian foster parents because the trial judge preferred the adoption placement to be with a “traditional family.”
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the daughter she and her former partner had while in a Vermont civil union
Mongerson v. Mongerson
(Amicus) Custody case arguing that restricting ‘exposure’ to the gay friends of a parent on the sole basis of their sexual orientation is contrary to Georgia law and perpetuates prejudice and stigma against LGBT people.
Moses v. King
Case arguing to return primary custody of a child to mother after she lost it because she is a lesbian
T.B. v. L.R.M.
Case arguing to protect the rights of gay and lesbian parents to be fully recognized as such, even if they are not biologically related to their children
