Current Version
| Region | Kansas |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2018 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. However, Kansas allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means LGBT couples can be refused by some adoption agencies. |
| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Kansas-Snapshot.pdf https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/kansas/adopt/kansas-adoption-requirements/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment |
Revision History (17)
edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| End Date | Sep 9, 2018 | (none) |
| Description | however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt. | Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. However, Kansas allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means LGBT couples can be refused by some adoption agencies. |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Kansas-Snapshot.pdf https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/kansas/adopt/kansas-adoption-requirements/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment |
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Under federal law. | however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt. |
| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Description | Under state law only. | Under federal law. |
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| Description | Under federal law and state law. | Under state law only. |
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| Description | Under federal law. | Under federal law and state law. |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Description | Single only under state law. law being implemented. | Under federal law. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Single only under state law. | Single only under state law. law being implemented. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Single only under state law. Changes pending. | Single only under state law. |
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| Description | Single only under state law. | Single only under state law. Changes pending. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Single only under state law. full state legalization pending. | Single only under state law. |
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| End Date | Jul 11, 2018 | Jul 18, 2018 |
| Description | Single only under state law. full state legalization pending. | Single only under state law. full state legalization pending. |
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| Description | All other options in adoption pending. | Single only under state law. full state legalization pending. |
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