Utah Judge May Have Violated Ethics Code in Blocking Same-Sex Adoption
In November of 2015, Judge Scott Johansen ordered for an adopted child to be removed from a lesbian house hold. The couple were licensed foster parents, but lost custody of the child due to the fact that the child should be raised in an opposite- sex home.
The attorney for the LGBTQ rights group, Curry Cook says, “this is the first time a judge has ordered a child to be removed from a home since Obergefell vs. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage across the country…the judge’s ruling goes against the state’s code of conduct for judges, which says that they musts perform duties without bias or prejudice.”
The article then discusses that the side ruling for the opposite-sex
In November of 2015, Judge Scott Johansen ordered for an adopted child to be removed from a lesbian house hold. The couple were licensed foster parents, but lost custody of the child due to the fact that the child should be raised in an opposite- sex home.
The attorney for the LGBTQ rights group, Curry Cook says, “this is the first time a judge has ordered a child to be removed from a home since Obergefell vs. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage across the country…the judge’s ruling goes against the state’s code of conduct for judges, which says that they musts perform duties without bias or prejudice.”
The article then discusses that the side ruling for the opposite-sex