Florida judge rules state ban on gay adoption unconstitutional
A Monroe Circuit Court judge has ruled Florida’s 31-year-old gay adoption ban unconstitutional in an order that allows an openly gay Key West foster parent to adopt a teenage boy he has raised since 2001.
Declaring the adoption to be in the boy’s “best interest”, circuit judge David J Audlin Jr, said the Florida law forbidding gays and lesbians from adopting children is contrary to the state constitution because it singles out a group for punishment. Florida is one of only two states – including Mississippi – that forbid gay people from adopting children.
E.S. Bankest receiver seeks $170M in damages from BDO
The receiver for E.S. Bankest is seeking a trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami on claims that BDO Seidman and two of its partners breached fiduciary duty in audits of the factoring company.
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