And even if they can, many lawyers still advise that gay couples go through second parent adoptions as a means to protect their parental rights to their children. (thenextfamily.com)
Second parent adoptions make definitively clear that the known donor has no legal parental status, and that both same - sex spouses do. (mombian.com)
Few states have statutes that specifically address second parent adoptions. (creatingafamily.org)