Minnesota's lesbian and gay community is fortunate enough to live in a state where same-sex partners can jointly adopt a child -- or where one partner can adopt the biological child of the other through a second-parent, stepparent, or domestic parent adoption.

These proceedings ensure that both partners are considered legal parents of their child. Many of the courts that approve these adoptions are located in metropolitan areas where judges may be more liberal than their rural counterparts. To find out whether such an adoption might be accepted in your county, you should ask an attorney who handles adoptions.

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Christopher M. Banas heads the family law department at Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC. He is a member of the Collaborative Law group. In 2007 and 2008, he was named to the Rising Star list by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, represented among the top 2.5% of young attorneys in the state. For more information on this and other matters.

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