On July 26, 2012, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion in the matter of Elia-Warnken v. Elia. This case involved a same-sex couple who was in the midst of divorce litigation. On July 26, 2012, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an...
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In same-sex marriages, what rights do non-biological parents have?
On February 2, 2012, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a lower court's judgment that a non-biological mother of a child born during a marriage who never co-adopted the child is nevertheless considered the child's other legal parent. On February 2, 2012, the...