A Legal Foundation For Your Family
Much progress has been made over the past decade in protecting the rights of gay and lesbian couples. While same-sex marriage is protected by federal law (thus far), having children can be more complicated as many states do not give same-sex parents the same rights as...
Imagine deciding to grow your family and going through in vitro fertilization (IVF) with your partner resulting in your healthy son being born but being told by a judge that you cannot be the child’s legal parent. That’s what happened to a Colorado same-sex couple...
For nearly a decade same-sex couples in Minnesota have had their marriages legally recognized by state law since Minnesota made its marriage law gender-neutral in 2013. Since then, while same-sex couples have enjoyed many rights that accompany a legal marriage, they...
Same-sex couples often need to go through the adoption process when they wish to start a family. Since so many states lack adequate protections of the parental rights of these couples, adoption is one way for the parents to ensure that they will be able to spend time...