same sex couple

March 10, 2009 - According to Global Legal Monitor and the Global New Service of the Jewish People, the Tel Aviv family court approved a request by a gay couple, who had married in Toronto in 2004, to adopt a foster son they had raised for over 14 years, even though he has already reached the age of majority. The decision is the first to recognize the right of a same-sex male couple to adopt. In October 2005, Israel's Supreme Court authorized the adoption by a lesbian couple of each other's biological children.