Robert, the lawyer, gave me some clarification:
1. If the Florida Appellate Court upholds the adoptions which were previously granted in Dade County, we can prosecute a co-parent adoption here (in FL).
2. We can see if Dade County will hear our co-parent adoption even pending the appellate opinion (this option will likely be costly).
3. We can go to a state which accepts non-resident adoptions and prosecute the co-parent adoption there (this sounds like the best option for us).
4. We could get married in a state that allows gay marriage, give birth in that state, and have both of us listed on the birth certificate (not likely).
By the way, or as my students would say "BTW," I just started reading Harlyn Aizley's Confessions of the Other Mother (about nonbiological lesbian moms) and it has prompted this new swirl of concerns. For example, what am I going to be called? Will I be Mommy S? Momma? Maybe I should just wait and see what our child comes up with. : )
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