A federal appeals court Thursday ordered the state to issue a birth certificate to two men who adopted a Louisiana-born baby boy in 2006 only to have the registrar of ...

NEW ORLEANS — The state of Louisiana says it will appeal a federal court order to put the names of two adoptive fathers on their son’s birth certificate. State Health Secretary Alan Levine ...

For years, Louisiana has wrongly denied a birth certificate to two California men who adopted a Louisiana baby in 2006, arguing that state law wouldn't allow such an adoption in ...

NEW ORLEANS – A same-sex couple in California has won a federal court ruling that their adopted son's Louisiana birth certificate must bear the names of both adoptive fathers. The facts are so ...