New York Governor David Paterson signed a bill in 2010 allowing unmarried partners, including LGBTQ+ couples, to jointly adopt a child. The law [A 05652 ] amends the language of Section 110 of New York’s domestic relations law to allow two unmarried adult intimate partners to adopt a child.
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The primary purpose of the ASFA was to shorter the length of time a child spends in foster care and speed up the process of freeing children for adoption. ASFA places primary importance upon the safety of the child.
The ASFA affects both agency and private adoption practice in several ways, which are the focus of this chapter. Of perhaps greatest significance to the process is that fingerprinting of prospective adoptive parents is now mandated.
