Adoption

Name: Adoption
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ISBN: 9780737743425

ISBN-10: 0737743425

ISBN-13: 9780737743425

Edition: 2009

Authors: Tracey Vasil Biscontini

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Contentious issues such as the death penalty, civil liberties, and reproductive rights touch on people's deeply held beliefs. Greenhaven Press's Issues on Trial series captures the passion and depth of those debates, examining how the courts have helped to shape each issue through their rulings. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and includes primary sources like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as secondary sources such as analyses and views of the rulings. Offering both historical and contemporary material, each Issues on Trial volume offers a wealth of information on issues currently confronting society. Book jacket.

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List price: $49.93
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date: 6/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



Protecting the Parental Rights of Unmarried Fathers


Case Overview: Stanley v. Illinois (1972)



Majority Opinion: Fathers Cannot Be Automatically Unfit Parents




Dissenting Opinion: Laws That Consider Unwed Fathers Unfit Do Not Violate the Equal Protection Clause




Fathers Should Have Parental Rights over Their Illegitimate Children: Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law



An Absolute Right to Child Custody Should Not Be Guaranteed: The Child Care Association of Illinois



Due Process Protects Nontraditional Families




Defining the Rights of Fathers of Illegitimate Children in Adoption Cases


Case Overview: Caban v. Mohammed (1979)



Majority Opinion: Unwed Fathers Have Parental Rights




Dissenting Opinion: Unwed Fathers Do Not Have Parental Rights




The Supreme Court Has Made the Definition of Fatherhood Unclear




The Supreme Court Has Attempted to Clarify the Roles of Unwed Fathers




Putative Fathers Must Register to Protect Their Right to Contest Adoptions


Case Overview: Lehr v. Robertson (1983)



Majority Opinion: Putative Father Registries Provide Due Process




Dissenting Opinion: Putative Father Registries Do Not Provide Due Process




A National Putative Father Registry Would Protect Parental Rights




More Care Is Needed to Protect the Parental Rights of All Parties in Adoptions




Denying Same-Sex Couples the Right to Adopt


Case Overview: Lofton et al. v. Kathleen A. Kearney (2004)



The Circuit Court's Opinion: Florida Law Banning Same-Sex Couples from Adopting Is Constitutional




The Court's Decision Banning Same-Sex Couples from Adopting Should Be Overturned: Child Welfare League of America



The Court's Decision Banning Same-Sex Couples from Adopting Should Stand: Twenty-one Members of the Florida Legislature



Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Adopt: Child Protection Report


Organizations to Contact


For Further Research


Index