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10th Circuit: Oklahoma Statute Prohibiting Recognition of California Adoptions by Same Sex Couples is Unconstitutional

By Alliance Defense Fund

The AP reports on Friday's ruling in Finstuen v. Crutcher, No. 06-6213 (10th Cir. August 3, 2007).  Oklahoma amended its statute to prohibit recognition of foreign same sex adoptions. The relevant statute provides: § 7502-1.4. Foreign adoptions A. The courts of this state shall recognize a decree, judgment, or final order creating the relationship of parent and child by adoption, issued by a court or other governmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction in a foreign country or in another...(read more)

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 06, 2007 (boomark / email).