Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development
Du Toit and Another v Minister for Welfare and Population Development and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which granted same-sex couples the ability to jointly adopt children. LGBT people had already been able to adopt children individually, but only married couples could adopt jointly; the decision was handed down in September 2002, four years before same-sex marriage became legal in South Africa. The court ruled unanimously that the statutory provisions limiting joint adoption to married couples were unconstitutional, and the resulting order amended the law to treat same-sex partners in the same way as married couples.
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Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development
Du Toit and Another v Minister for Welfare and Population Development and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which granted same-sex couples the ability to jointly adopt children. LGBT people had already been able to adopt children individually, but only married couples could adopt jointly; the decision was handed down in September 2002, four years before same-sex marriage became legal in South Africa. The court ruled unanimously that the statutory provisions limiting joint adoption to married couples were unconstitutional, and the resulting order amended the law to treat same-sex partners in the same way as married couples.
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32,411,751
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637,235,714
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2002-09-10
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Du Toit and Another v Minister for Welfare and Population Development and Others
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Chaskalson CJ, Langa DCJ, Acke ...... JJ, Du Plessis & Skweyiya AJJ
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Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development
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Statutory provisions which pro ...... the Constitution and invalid.
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Application for confirmation from Transvaal Provincial Division
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Du Toit and Another v Minister ...... e same way as married couples.
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Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development
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