Allowing gay people to adopt children

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In most cases , the legality of adoption is based very strongly upon the principle of consent . Consent refers to the agreement by the child 's parents or the child 's guardian (the person or the agency under whose custody the child is ) to accede the child for adoption and to expel the rights and duties with regard to the child . The process of consenting requires that the birth parents of the child notify a judge or court officials in writing . Alternatively , a part from

the biological parents other people issuing their consent can be the agency in charge of the child , the guardians , the court of law , or a close relative or the next friend who has already attained the legal age . In some states such as the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia for instance , the child should issue consent when or when above 14 . Sometimes this may be abnegated if the child is mentally ill . The execution of the consent normally takes 13 days while cases with the fastest ratification speed may take 12-24 hours

Heretofore , the next stage may differ since rules are state-specific . In most states , the written consent is notarized to the concerned public while in other states the consenting parents are taken for counseling as touching the matter . A provision for the revocation of the consent is normally very limited but in most cases , the adoption process is irrevocable . States in which there are absolutely no provision for the revocation include Mississippi , Samoa and the Nebraska . The limited provision come in when the parents or guardians were defrauded , coerced or were under duress when issuing their consent . Some states also issue a time frame within which any case of disgruntlement can be aired by the parents . Conversely if the application to revoke the consent has been found to be in the interest of the child or if both the biological parents and the adoptive parents have reached this consensus , it will be the duty of the court of law to consider the petition

The 14th amendment of the American constitution , a post civil war judicial reconstruction , was originally intended to bolster the 13th amendment which in turn had brought slavery to a grinding halt . This amendment was to promote the rights of the former slaves . When it was proposed in the June 13 , 1866 , it spelt out equal protection of all by the law , birthing the Separate but equal ' doctrine . This amendment placed all persons on the same pedestal since all became under one law It is upon this concept of equality that the marginalized groups began to come out for equal recognition . Privacy rights such as abortion homosexuality became subject to debates . Currently perhaps the most heated form of debate is the one touching on the prospects of gay adoption (Ricketts , 1991

The laws for the best interest of the child assume that for any normal child to develop well , this should happen under the jurisdiction of...