Same Sex Parent Rights: the Changing Laws for LGBT in New York
On Long Island, same sex couples are gaining new family law rights and responsibilities. New York courts have begun to change the way they interpret family law for LGBT families. Several cases that have come down in New York suggest that this is the case. Though marriage equality has been the law in New York for some time, it generally takes individual cases in order to change the way that other existing laws are applied to same sex marriage and other arrangements that were not previously addressed by statute.
Non-Biologic Nor Adoptive Parents Gaining Parental Rights