An adoption by an unmarried cohabiting partner of a child’s legal parent, not involving the termination of a legal parent’s rights; esp., an adoption in which a lesbian, gay man, or unmarried heterosexual person adopts his or her partner’s biological or adoptive child. See Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers § 2.5 cmt. i.
• Although not all jurisdictions recognize second-parent adoption, the practice is becoming more widely accepted. See In re Adoption of B.L.V.B., 628 A.2d 1271 (Vt. 1993); In re Adoption of Tammy, 619 N.E.2d 315 (Mass. 1993); In re Adoption of Evan, 583 N.Y.S.2d 997 (Sur. Ct. 1992).
— Also termed de facto stepparent adoption; pseudo-stepparent adoption. Cf. stepparent adoption.
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