Foster Care

Gay Adoption Ban Dead: Bill McCollum Will Not Appeal Ruling

Martin Gill and his sons are now legally a familyAn appellate court's decision that Florida's ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum's office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to ... More >>

Judge Approves Third Gay Adoption in South Florida Since 2008

There's something wrong when ABC sitcoms are more progressive than Florida laws.​Another blow to Florida's gay adoption ban was served as the third adoption since 2008 by a gay parent was approved by a Miami-Dade judge. The ruling follows a decision by Monroe Circuit Judge David J. Audlin in Augus ... More >>

Save the World: Buy Shoes

Benefit reception for young women from foster homes

Gay Adoption Ban Overturned

It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

Time To Revoke to the Gay Adoption Ban

Abby Cynamon Battles Bad Banker Ricardo Corona for Judge

The best race in next Tuesday's judicial elections is a whopper.

A Real-Life Soap Opera

Victoria Rowell has lived it, now she’s sharing it

Letters from the Issue of March 17, 2005

Glitz and glam, rude boys, lost kids, and raging restaurateurs

Family Afoul

When you open your heart to foster children, as Joan Andre has done,you also open the door to heartbreak

Don't Tell, Don't Ask

A teenager born with HIV was never told of her status until it was too late. How this happened, and why, is now a matter of national debate.

Orphans of the State

For countless undocumented immigrant kids, America is not the land of puppies and Disney trips, but the land of neglect

A House Divided

When you enter the region where parental rights end and the law steps in, beware. The line is jagged, and it nearly always cuts both ways.

Two Kids and a Swayze

The Case from Hell Part 6

False accusations. Emotional breakdowns. A system demonstrating its own incompetence. s just what happened in the courtroom.

The Case from Hell Part 5

The most notorious child-custody battle in memory heads for its bitter end