Idaho Supreme Court Says Co-Parent Can Adopt Partner’s Children

The five-member Idaho Supreme Court ruled unanimously on February 10 that the state’s adoption law would allow second-parent adoptions, reversing a decision by Ada County Magistrate Judge Cathleen MacGregor-Irby, who had dismissed an adoption petition on the ground that the petitioner’s California marriage to the children’s legal mother was not recognized in Idaho. The opinion for the court in “In re Doe,” 2014 Ida. LEXIS 34, by Justice Jim Jones gave a literal interpretation of … <Read More>