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Jun 19, 2007
Quickie Link: First Legal Gay Adoption In Australia
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By vanrozenheim
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(Australia) - Late last week, a same-sex couple has completed what is thought to be Australia’s first adoption by a gay couple in Western Australia. The adoption was able to take place following changes that were made to the Western Australian Adoption Act in 2002. Under the changes made, same-sex couples are successfully able to adopt children. David Vicary from the Department of Child Protection's Accommodation and Care Services said “This was a local WA adoption and the biological parents were fully involved in the selection process for the adoptive parents”.
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