By lawyersksflaw | Published October 6, 2017 | Posted in Family Law, Same-sex couples | Tagged Tags: Adoption, Adoption And LGBT, Family Law, LGBT, LGBTQ | Leave a comment
Formalizing Parenting Relationships in LGBTQ+ Families
In the past few years, the LGBTQ+ community has had a great deal of success in obtaining legal recognition of their families. However, changes in the political environment can threaten those hard won successes. In particular, LGBTQ+ and non-traditional families are vulnerable if they are not legally tied to their children or their partners. Take Read More
Read MoreJack Kevorkian Redux
One of the unintended consequences of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s decision for the majority of the Supreme Court finding a constitutional right to marry, has been a renewed discussion of whether there is likewise a constitutional right to determine the timing of a person’s death. Before his own death, Dr. Jack Kevorkian generated numerous headline Read More
Read MoreA Modest Prediction
Plenty has been said and written since the Supreme Court heard arguments last week in two same-sex marriage cases. There seems to be broad agreement that the Court will dismiss Hollingsworth v. Perry without reaching a decision on the merits, ruling that the group of people defending California’s Proposition 8 (which amended the California constitution Read More
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