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United Press International; Wednesday, October 22, 1997 10:47 AM EDT
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, whose lawyers are representing the couple, Judge Sybil Moses is scheduled to hear the case Wednesday afternoon in Hackensack's Bergen County Superior Court.
The ACLU says adoption officials told Jon Holden and Michael Galluccio that state regulations preclude them from adopting the little boy they have cared for since he was 3 months old.
The group says that last June it brought a separate class action suit against the state, arguing that its refusal to grant adoptions to lesbian and gay couples is inconsistent with the state adoption law and is harmful to children.
Moses is scheduled to hear that case in November.
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