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Abstract
This qualitative study explores the perceptions of adoption social workers in Greece regarding same-sex couples’ right to adopt. All 15 participants stressed that they always take the child’s best interest into consideration when assessing prospective parents; however, very different interpretations were evident regarding what this best-interest principle entails if a same-sex couple were to be the prospective adoptive parents. Four participants expressed their full support for same-sex adoption, four were firmly against it, while the rest focused on expressing their reservations. Implications for social work practice and social work education are discussed.
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Notes
1 A process by which a partner, who is not biologically related to the child, can adopt their partner's biological or adoptive child without terminating the first legal parent's rights.
2 Rainbow Families of Greece is an NGO focusing on LGBTQI+ parents and their families as well as on parents of LGBTQI+ children.
3 Joint adoption allows both members of a couple (to adopt a child at the same time, creating legal ties to both parents in a single step).