(Maricopa AZ) County attorney won't help Arizona gay couple adopt
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/04/08/arizona-gay-couple-refused-adoption-help/25491619/?fb_ref=Default
Same-sex couples have the right to marry in Arizona, and the courts allow them to adopt children as couples.
But the Maricopa County Attorney's Office will not extend its adoption-assistance services to them, as one couple discovered in a Facebook confrontation with County Attorney Bill Montgomery.
Lenora and Leticia Reyes-Petroff, both 34, married in California in 2013. In early 2014, Leticia gave birth to a child, conceived through artificial insemination.
But since Arizona, like many states, did not recognize same-sex marriages, and since state adoption law stated that only a husband and wife could jointly adopt a child, Lenora could not legally be considered a parent to their son.
Leticia and Lenora are good friends of mine - Lenora posted her frustration on facebook. I was able to put Lenora in touch with a friend that works at the AZ Republic, who immediately jumped on the story, which made the FRONT PAGE of Arizona's main newspaper. Also, was on Channel 12 News - video at link as well.
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