Utah Judge Orders 1-Year-Old Removed from Lesbian Foster Parents
LatestBeckie Peirce and April Hoagland had been fostering a baby girl for three months when Judge Scott Johansen order the child to be removed, citing “research” that proved children are better off in homes with straight parents. Now, they plan to challenge his ruling.
“We love her and she loves us, and we haven’t done anything wrong,” Peirce told the Salt Lake Tribune. The child’s biological mother had even asked the couple to adopt. “We have a lot of support,” Peirce said. “DCFS wants us to have the child, the Guardian Ad Litem wants us to have the child, the mother wants us to have the child, so the only thing standing in the way is the judge.” Peirce and Hoagland married in October 2014 and are also raising Peirce’s 12- and 14-year-old biological children.