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IN RE BONFIELD

No. 2001-0625.

96 Ohio St.3d 218 (2002)

2002-Ohio-4182

IN RE BONFIELD.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sallee Fry Waterman, for appellants.

Susan J. Becker, urging reversal for amici curiae, National Association of Social Workers, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Counseling Association, American Public Health Association, and Ohio Psychological Association.

Patricia M. Longue, urging reversal for amici curiae, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Ohio Human Rights Bar Association.

David R. Langdon; Keating, Muething & Klekamp and Joseph L. Trauth, urging affirmance for amici curiae the Honorable Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr., Larry L. Flowers, Timothy J. Grendell, Jim Jordan, Linda Reidelbach, Twyla Roman, Michelle G. Schneider, and William J. Seitz III, Members of the Ohio General Assembly.

David R. Langdon, urging affirmance for amici curiae American Family Association of Ohio, Citizens for Community Values, Equal Rights Not Special Rights, Family First, and National Legal Foundation.

MOYER, C.J.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Teri J. Bonfield and Shelly M. Zachritz, have lived together since 1987 as partners in a same-sex relationship. During that time, Teri has adopted two children, Joseph, born in 1993, and Jacob, born in 1995. Shelly participated equally with Teri in the decision to adopt the boys.

{¶ 2} Teri has also given birth to three children, a son born in 1996, and twins born in 1998, each of whom was conceived through anonymous...

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