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IN RE ADOPTION OF YASMIN S.

No. S-20-543.

956 N.W.2d 704 (2021)

308 Neb. 771

IN RE ADOPTION OF YASMIN S., a minor child. Kelly H. and Maria V., appellants, v. State of Nebraska, appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed March 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Munderloh , of Johnson & Mock, P.C., L.L.O., Oakland, and Adam J. Sipple , Oakland and Sara E. Rips , of ACLU of Nebraska, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, Papik, and Freudenberg, JJ.

INTRODUCTION

A same-sex married couple sought to adopt a minor child. The county court determined that it lacked authority to permit adoption by a "wife and wife" and denied the request. But the plain language of the applicable statute,1 which references "any adult person or persons" and the person...

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