Ban on Gays adopting

[PhoenixAzul]

Pardon my legal ignorance here, but what about guardianship? Let's say, Partner A has a child from a previous hetero relationship, and has sole custody. He is now with Partner B. Would Partner B be allowed to be appointed as a Legal Guardian for the child?

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

Pardon my legal ignorance here, but what about guardianship? Let's say, Partner A has a child from a previous hetero relationship, and has sole custody. He is now with Partner B. Would Partner B be allowed to be appointed as a Legal Guardian for the child?

Also, legal guardianship does not necessarily give certain rights to the child- such as access to health insurance. So if partner A wants to stay home and raise the child, partner B cannot add the child to their work health insurance plan (unless the place of employment has domestic partnership health insurance). Normally, only adopted, bilogical, and those children under a court order can be added to company health insurance.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Pardon my lack of knowledge, but does anyone know how many gay adoptions there were in Arkansas?

[KSUViolet06]

I fail to understand why people think that these children would be better off in the foster system than in a stable environment with two supportive parents.

I wonder how many kids the people who voted no on this are planning to adopt in the future?

[epchick]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I fail to understand why people think that these children would be better off in the foster system than in a stable environment with two supportive parents.

Because people are ignorant enough to think that it's better for them to stay in a foster care than "become gay."

I always thought that the people I knew (or that my family knew) were smart, open-minded people. But i've heard quite a few who are against gays adopting because it will turn the child gay. I've even heard (at least 1 person) say that gays want to adopt so that later on they could molest the child

The world we live in is really sad at times.

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Pardon my lack of knowledge, but does anyone know how many gay adoptions there were in Arkansas?

I don't know if there would be statistics on how many gay adoptions there are. Usually, partner A will enter the adoption as a "single parent" and gain the child that way, and then partner B will come in later on (after the adoption is finalized) and adopt the child as their own as well. But then I don't know if that is how it would work in Arkansas.

I do know a couple who did it that way because they were turn down the first time they tried to adopt as a gay couple. They said it was easier to pretend they were single than to tell the truth that they were gay.