My heart breaks when I hear a parent and child separated because they do not have a legal relationship.

While gay marriage and accurate birth certificates are wonderful indications of our families’ love, they do not create a strong parental relationship that will undoubtedly be recognized in court.

Second parent adoption in Texas is like insurance.

As long as all goes well, you may not need an adoption order. But when you need it because of unexpected situations, the protection of that court order is invaluable.

–Suzanne Bryant

Second parent adoptions in Texas provides these benefits

Stability

If a couple stays together, the child enjoys the balance and stability of equal, legal parents.

Security

If a couple breaks up, the legal parent cannot just walk away with the child.
 

Support

If a couple breaks up, the second parent is responsible for the child, emotionally and financially.

Protection

If the legal parent dies, the child is not an orphan; grandparents cannot intervene.

Benefits

If the second-parent dies, the child is eligible for social security and military survivorship benefits.

Inheritance

If relatives leave inheritance to “born or adopted” descendants, the child is included.

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Suzanne Bryant

LGBTQ Activist and Attorney at Law

Suzanne Bryant is passionate about her work as an activist and adoption attorney for the LGBTQ community. After witnessing too many situations where parents and children were torn apart, she dedicated her legal practice to families with two mothers, two fathers or a transgender parent. Over the past 20 years she has had a 100% gay adoption success rate, helping hundreds of families throughout Texas.

Suzanne and her wife Sarah Goodfriend have been together over thirty years and are raising two wonderful daughters. Suzanne and Sarah were the first legally married gay couple in Texas – four months before the US Supreme Court decision.

 

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