Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has released its opinion holding that Florida’s ban on homosexual adoption is unconstitutional

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has released its opinion holding that Florida’s ban on homosexual adoption is unconstitutional. The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy joined several other professional organizations and law school clinics in filing amicus curiae briefs in support of F.G., the adoptive father.
For more information on the court’s decision, click here.

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: September 23, 2010

Adoption
Florida: Appeals court: Florida ban on gay adoption unconstitutional
Nevada: NV receives fed award for difficult adoptions
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Foster Care
California: Easing the transition from foster care
South Carolina: Foster care needs grow
Nation: Back to School, Back to Instability: New Study Shows Foster ...

Child Welfare
Oregon: Number of homeless students in Oregon continues to increase
Nebraska: Several Nebraska child and family welfare groups say doors may ...
Connecticut: Judge rules federal oversight of Connecticut DCF will continue

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: September 21, 2010

Adoption
New York: NY law lets unmarried adults jointly adopt
Florida: Florida child welfare agency won't take gay man's kids
Nation: Snag in Nepali Adoptions to U.S.

Foster Care
Pennsylvania: Number Of Children Living In Foster Care Declining In State
Indiana: Feds give Indiana $1.36M for raising number of children adopted out of foster care
Florida: State gets federal money for increasing adoptions

Child Welfare
Nation: New Research Funded by American Humane Association Shows Significant ...

Adoption & Child Welfare Headlines: Septmeber 16, 2010

Adoption
Nation: HHS Awards $39 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions

Child Welfare
UK: Why social services is 'pushing the nuclear option' on child welfare
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Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: September 15, 2010

Adoption
Kyrgyzstan: US State Department requests to expedite adoption process of 65 Kyrgyz ...
Maryland: A judicial victory for gay parents, adoption advocates (for now)
Florida: Crist considering dropping an appeal to uphold Florida's gay adoption ban

Foster Care
South Carolina: Father fights a tangle of bureaucracry
Ireland: No social worker for 800 children in state care

Adoption & Child Welfare Headlines: September 10, 2010

Adoption
North Carolina: Second-parent adoption reviewed
New York: An Adopted Linebacker With an Unlikely Story

Child Welfare
Nation: A new generation of caregivers takes control of kids
Indiana: Report: Child Abuse Up, DCS Understaffed