Adoption

he Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that denied a same-sex couple’s petition to adopt a child. A county court had denied the petition because a law dictionary defined the term “wife” as “a woman who has a lawfully living husband.”

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that denied a same-sex couple’s petition to adopt a child. A county court had denied the petition because a law dictionary defined the term “wife” as “a woman who has a lawfully living husband.”

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