1.   Children in such adoption cases grow up healthy and well adjusted, she added.

2.   Cases citing the Indian Child Welfare Act, particularly adoption cases, have become a priority for the Indian Law Project in Dallas, says Lane.

3.   Citing confidentiality issues, Gladney declined to discuss specific adoption cases.

4.   Couples in adoption cases may need a test.

5.   It already has another adoption case on its docket in which an Oneida family court judge turned down an adoption petition because the couple were not married.

6.   Rhea Ann Weaver, a Dallas attorney who has been involved in controversial adoption cases, hailed the legislation as welcome and overdue.

7.   This exhibits a judicial myopia common in gay custody or adoption cases.

8.   The foursome allegedly violated a law that adoption cases be overseen by a special council and instead processed the adoptions themselves.

9.   The four allegedly violated a law stipulating that adoption cases be overseen by a special council and instead processed the adoptions themselves.