Legal Opinion
Matter of Jacob
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 2, 1995PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Under the New York adoption statute, a single person can adopt a child (Domestic Relations Law § 110). Equally clear is the right of a single homosexual to adopt (see, 18 NYCRR 421.16 [h] [2] [qualified adoption agencies "shall not * * * *656reject[ ] [adoption petitions] solely on the basis of homosexuality”]). These appeals call upon us to decide if the unmarried partner of a child’s biological mother, whether heterosexual or homosexual, who is raising the child together with the biological parent, can become the child’s second parent by means of adoption.
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