Two Parents are Better Than None: Whether Two Single, African American Adults--Who Are Not in a Traditional Marriage or a Romantic or Sexual Relationship with Each Other--Should Be Allowed to Jointly Adopt and Co-Parent African American Children

Authors

Angela Mae Kupenda, Mississippi College School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Abstract

This article proposes an additional adoption model to allow joint adoption and co-parenting by single African Americans who are not in a traditional marriage relationship with each other and not in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. Under this model, for example, two friends, two sisters, two brothers, a sister and a brother, etc., could jointly adopt and co-parent a child. If some new model such as this one is not devised, many single blacks may hesitate to take on the entire adoption responsibility alone. As a result, many black children will continue to go without any parents. Two parents are better than none.

Recommended Citation

35 U. Louisville J. Fam. L. 703 (1996-1997).