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4 - Adoption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Lydia Bracken
Lydia Bracken
Affiliation:
University of Limerick
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Chapter 4 examines the area of adoption law. The chapter argues that, from a children’s rights perspective, there is no logical basis for refusing to allow same-sex couples to access joint adoption and further that the best interests of the child may in fact demand that such access is made available. The suitability of adoption as a means to secure existing family relationships (so called ‘second parent adoption’) is also considered.

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adoptionchildArticle 21second-parentECHRintercountryjoint adoptionNorthern Ireland
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Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle , pp. 114 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Adoption
  • Lydia Bracken, University of Limerick
  • Book: Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684460.005
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  • Adoption
  • Lydia Bracken, University of Limerick
  • Book: Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684460.005
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  • Adoption
  • Lydia Bracken, University of Limerick
  • Book: Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684460.005
Available formats
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