In honor of National Adoption Day, which is always the Saturday before the Thanksgiving holiday, we’re pleased to share with you an equally important case involving a same-sex, non-marital relationship, where the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a non-biological, same-sex parent can be presumed to be a child’s parent under Mass. Gen. Laws c. […]
Establishing Legal Rights to Children of Non-Biological, Same-Sex Parents
December 3, 2016
Filed Under: Blog, Divorce, Family Law Tagged With: Adoption, Birth, Child, De Facto Parent, Lawful Parent, Non-biological, Parent, Parentage, Same-sex
Adoptions, Sperm Donors and Notice
November 2, 2015
Adoptions are the happiest occurrences that take place in any courthouse on any given day. But because of advances in science that allow for artificial insemination, legal determinations must continually be made as to what constitutes being a “lawful parent.” The question raised in a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case of Adoption of a […]
Filed Under: Blog, Family Law Tagged With: Adoption, Artificial Insemination, Consent, IVF, Lawful Parent, Notice, Sperm Donor, Spouse