A court in eastern France has granted a lesbian nursery school teacher the right to adopt a child Tuesday, ending an 11-year legal battle.
The BBC reports that a lesbian couple, who have been living together since 1990, were rejected the right to adopt a child back in 1998.
One of the women has been referred to as Emmanuelle B, while the other has not been named.
An administrative tribunal in the eastern town of Besancon granted the couple the right to adopt after regional authorities had turned them down.
French law allows gays and lesbians to adopt individually, but not as a couple. Emmanuelle B and her partner could have adopted a child if only one of them applied, but they chose to fight for the right to adopt jointly.
In England and Wales, gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals and couples are legally entitled to be considered as adoptive parents under the Sexual Orientation Regulations which came into force in 2007.
The woman's lawyer, Caroline Mecary, hailed Tuesday's ruling as "a wonderful victory against homophobia."
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