nonbiological/nongestational parents

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Vermont Adds New Legal Protections for All Children and Parents

Vermont this week took a big step forward in protecting the relationships of all children with their parents, by enacting a new parentage law that is gender neutral and marital-status neutral, and clarifying the recognition of both biological and nonbiological relationships. What does this mean for second-parent adoptions, though?

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

A few victories to make your week!

And could a queer mom end up as prime minister of the U.K?

Chris Strickland. Photo credit: Lambda Legal

Mississippi Supreme Court Rules for Nonbiological Mom

Let’s end this week on a good note! The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a nonbiological mother has the same rights as a biological one, overturning a lower court ruling that had given parental rights to her child’s anonymous sperm donor instead.

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Hawaii Same-Sex Parent Case Shows Mom Behaving Badly

I’m not sure what angers me more: the many child custody cases in which a biological mom tries to stop a nonbiological mom from seeing their children after a divorce or separation—or a case in which a nonbiological mom claims she’s not a mom so she doesn’t have to pay child support.

Mississippi

Why You Still Need to Do a Second-Parent Adoption

I’ve written many times before about why second-parent adoptions are still a good idea, even if you are married and both parents are on the child’s birth certificate. Another case in the news this past week reminds us why.

GLAD

Keeping Families Together, No Matter How They Are Formed

I’m very pleased to bring you a guest piece by Patience Crozier, an attorney with GLAD who was co-counsel in a key case about the rights of nonbiological moms. She not only discusses the case, but also shares some key points that unmarried same-sex parents or prospective parents should know about securing ties to their children.

Scales of Justice

Two Big Wins for Nonbio Parents This Week

Courts in Missouri and New York affirmed this week that nonbiological parents should be recognized as parents under the law—nice victories, but also a reminder that we need to apply this in our own lives, even in cases of divorce or separation.

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Victory for Nonbio Mom in Arizona Case Stresses the Benefits to Children

A nonbiological mother is a legal parent to the child she and her same-sex spouse conceived through assisted reproduction, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled yesterday, in a ruling that emphasized the benefits such recognition has for children. The ruling could also have an impact on at least one more pending case.

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