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2. Baby Jessica case - Wikipedia

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   Baby Jessica case. The "Baby Jessica" case was a highly publicized custody battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s between Jan and Roberta DeBoer, the couple who attempted to adopt the child, and her biological parents, Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen. In August 1993, the supreme courts of Iowa and Michigan ordered her returned to ...

3. DeBoer v. Snyder - Wikipedia

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   Snyder is a lawsuit that was filed by April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse on January 23, 2012, in federal district court, challenging Michigan's ban on adoption by same-sex couples so they can jointly adopt their children. In August 2012, Judge Bernard A. Friedman invited the couple to amend their suit to challenge the state's ban on same-sex marriage ...

4. Same-sex adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Second parent adoption for LGBT couples in Illinois became legal in 1995 after a ruling in favor of K.M. and D.M. (a lesbian couple) to adopt Olivia M. (the biological child of K.M.), and K.L. and M.M. (another lesbian couple) to adopt Michael M. and David M. (David is the biological child of K.L. and Michael is the adoptive child of K.L.).

5. How much an adoption costs and 4 ways to pay for it - AOL

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   Here’s the cost breakdown of how much it can cost on average to adopt a child, depending on the method: Foster care/public adoption: Less than $2,800. Independent adoption: $25,000 to $45,000 ...

6. LGBT rights in Michigan - Wikipedia

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   Same-sex marriage since 2015. Adoption. Yes. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Michigan enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Michigan under the US Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy law.

7. Orphan Train - Wikipedia

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   Orphan train. The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating from about 200,000 children. [1] The co-founders of the Orphan Train ...