title: Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents.
abstract: Children who are born to or adopted by 1 member of a same-sex couple deserve the security of 2 legally recognized parents. Therefore, the American Academy of Pediatrics supports legislative and legal efforts to provide the possibility of adoption of the child by the second parent or coparent in these families.
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008393:Marriage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards; D015406:Single Parent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States