(FORT WORTH) -- A Tarrant County family law judge has allowed a
lesbian to adopt her live-in companion's biological child in what
could be the first such adoption in the southwest. The Fort Worth
Star-Telegram reports the two women - one a daycare employee and the
other an aerospace worker - have lived together for 10 years. Their
names were not disclosed because adoption records are sealed. The
adoption process allows the child to legally inherit from both
partners and receive health insurance and Social Security benefits
through either parent.