In Re Adoption of C.C.G.

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the June 18, 1999 order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County denying Appellants J.C.G.’s and J.J.G.’s petition for adoption of C.C.G. and Z.C.G. (hereinafter, referred to as the children). We find that Appellants have not met the requirements of the Adoption Act, as promulgated by the Pennsylvania legislature, and, therefore, we affirm.

¶2 The relevant facts and procedural history are as follows: Appellants, a homosexual couple, have been domestic partners since 1982. On October 24, 1991, J.J.G. legally adopted C.C.G., and on April 21,…