Current Version
Region | Mexico |
Issue | Same-sex adoption |
Status | Varies by Region |
Start Date | Mar 21, 2010 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | There is no federal law allowing for joint adoption and second parent adoption by same-sex couples. Adoption is only permitted for same sex married couples in 21 of the 31 Mexican states and Mexico City |
Sources | https://database.ilga.org/mexico-lgbti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Mexico#Adoption_and_family_planning |
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Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
Special Status | Legal | Varies by Region |
Start Date | Dec 21, 2009 | Mar 21, 2010 |
Description | Joint adoption legal in the Federal District of Mexico City (2010) and the state of Coahuila. Single gay persons may adopt nationwide. | There is no federal law allowing for joint adoption and second parent adoption by same-sex couples. Adoption is only permitted for same sex married couples in 21 of the 31 Mexican states and Mexico City |
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Sources | "We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage", The Guardian, reported by Rory Carroll, 22 December 2009 | https://database.ilga.org/mexico-lgbti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Mexico#Adoption_and_family_planning |
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End Date | (none) | -0001 |
Sources | "We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage", The Guardian, reported by Rory Carroll, 22 December 2009 | "We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage", The Guardian, reported by Rory Carroll, 22 December 2009 |
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Original entry | |
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Status | Legal |
Start Date | Dec 21, 2009 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | Joint adoption legal in the Federal District of Mexico City (2010) and the state of Coahuila. Single gay persons may adopt nationwide. |
Sources | "We do: Mexico City blazes trail with legalisation of same-sex marriage", The Guardian, reported by Rory Carroll, 22 December 2009 |