KOCHI: A 43-year-old woman and her 44-year-old husband — both of them in their second marriage — are now engaged in a legal ...

The country’s government employed an independent group of experts who concluded that  “even well-crafted adoption laws cannot ...

Switzerland's government said on Wednesday it planned to ban international adoptions due to concerns about abuses in the practice. Based on the findings of an independent group of experts, the ...

Lawyers and advocacy organizations are encouraging members of the LGBTQ+ community to act quickly to protect the rights that ...

For families living in states without order of parentage, they can look to secure parentage rights through adoption, sometimes known as second-parent or stepparent adoption. While the thought of ...

It said that it would explore possible exceptions under the legislative process, in particular for intrafamily adoptions, in which children are adopted by a step-parent or relative. (Writing by Dave ...