Oregon Adoption Law
Permits single LGBT individuals to petition to adopt? Yes.
Oregon law permits any person to petition to adopt. (OR. REV. STAT. § 109.309)
Permits a same-sex couple to jointly petition to adopt? Yes.
State regulations specify that the state Office for Services to Children and Families or a contracted licensed private agency “shall accept applications from couples (married or unmarried) or individuals (married or unmarried).” (OR. ADMIN. R. 413-120-0200(3))
Permits a same-sex partner to petition to adopt partner’s child or child of the relationship? No explicit prohibition.
There is no explicit prohibition, and some lower courts have allowed second-parent adoptions to proceed. No state court, however, has heard the issue of whether a same-sex partner can or can not petition to adopt a partner’s child or child of the relationship.
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Last Updated: 12/14/2009