GrandParents denied access to their Grandchildren, adopted by Gay Couple.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....ied-access-years.html

Shouldn't relatives be given the right to adopt their family's children before they are given out to strangers?

In this case the Grandmother will only be 58, and the Grandfather 73, when the boy reaches 18.

That is not old by today's standards.

[sp1814]

AOG

Okay - going back to your original question: shouldn't relatives be given the right to adopt family members...yes - unless the adoption agency discovers something about them that rules them out.

If the agency ruled that the mother's drug dependency and/or ongoing contact could endanger the children, then close family adoption would not make sense.