Why a Nebraska father in a same-sex marriage must fight for rights over his daughter (fixed)

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Nickolas Kramer (left) and husband, Jason Cadek, pose with their 3-year-old daughter, Alice.

http://www.omaha.com/momaha/blogs/why-a-nebraska-father-in-a-same-sex-marriage-must/article_dd60affa-b92c-11e4-a572-cf105548505d.html

POSTED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 1:45 AM
By Nickolas Kramer / momaha guest blogger

After eight years together, my husband and I decided it was finally time to expand our family. We knew instantly that our first child would be adopted as my family has a long history of adoption and I wanted to carry on that tradition.

In December of 2010, I did all of the research and discovered that the first step is an extensive home study. For those who don’t know, a home study is an intrusive process where a social worker takes a deep dive into your life, researching your finances, health, family history and the amount of toilet paper you use – OK that’s a stretch. The point is that the home study is just slightly less invasive than a colonoscopy.

We started our home study in late January of 2011 and completed it in a record 4 months – really that is fast. We then needed to find an adoption agency we liked. We found a great one in Des Moines, Iowa. In May, we drove from our Omaha home to Des Moines to visit the agency and begin the process. They warned us that being matched with a birth mother can take months if not years. So we braced ourselves and headed home.

Long story short, we received a call within two weeks. We had been matched and our baby would be born in September. Yikes! Our heads began to swim with all of the questions of normal expecting parents: What to buy for a baby, what color to paint the nursery and what names we like.

FULL story at link.