In Re Adoption of R.B.F.

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the October 22, 1998 order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County dismissing Appellants B.A.F.’s and C.H.F.’s petition for adoption of R.B.F. and R.C.F. (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 lesbian couple, have been domestic partners since 1983. When the couple decided to raise a family and share…