Three years after the Supreme Court se that gave gay upl the right to marry natnwi, a patchwork of state laws still erns who n be a legal parent.
Contents:
- FOC ON ‘PARENTAL RIGHTS’ CHIPS AWAY AT GAY RIGHTS
- PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RPONSIBILY - GAY AND LBIAN UPL
FOC ON ‘PARENTAL RIGHTS’ CHIPS AWAY AT GAY RIGHTS
* gay couple parental rights *
It gets more plited when three or more -equal parents will be the picture, such as when a gay man provis sperm to a lbian uple to nceive a child, and plans to parent wh stat — cludg Delaware, Louisiana and Washgton — currently regnize more than two legal parents. Upl also allow child welfare agenci to discrimate agast unmarried upl — both gay and straight. As an example, Hson mentned a hypothetil sgle gay client om Tennsee.
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RPONSIBILY - GAY AND LBIAN UPL
Same-sex upl are changg the portra of the Amerin fay and the landspe of fay law. The number of children raised by lbian and gay parents has ntued to crease as reproductive technologi advance and as the availabily of adoptn expands. For same-sex parent fai, is sential to ensure that both parents have a legal parent-child relatnship wh their children. * gay couple parental rights *
"Some stat are and that's credibly powerful and we need to keep movg that directn, " Crozier the 2015 gay marriage lg, same-sex upl have won some big legal victori the arena of parental rights, like when the high urt orred Arkansas to list both same-sex spo on their children's birth certifit last differg state laws still means same-sex partners who didn't give birth n be a legal parent at home but a legal stranger to their child if they move or go on a trip, lawyers say.