Same Sex Divorce, Continued
In my last post, I spoke of the legal issues gay married couples are facing when they attempt to divorce. This roadblock to divorce is created when couples who reside in states that do not recognize...
View ArticleNew Advancements in California
At the end of May, a Federal Judge in California ordered that the largest United States pension and welfare fund, The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), must offer to same-sex...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That Gay Couples May Not Be Denied...
Every day there is good news in terms of legal cases being decided on a federal level that are finding discriminatory practices against the LGBT community unconstitutional. I wrote last time about the...
View ArticleA Sea Of Change For Gay Marriage
The herculean efforts of the LGBT community to bring about BIG change is being seen everywhere. Change is happening almost too fast for us to keep up! Who would have thought that the Pentagon would...
View ArticleCollaborative Law As A Solution For Couples
Although the hope would be that same-sex marriages last forever, the reality is that we are all human and along with marriage comes the same issues and problems faced by the straight community that...
View ArticleThree Safety Tips for Same-Sex Couples
With the recent news that the Democratic National Committee has elected to endorse same-sex marriage on its platform, and with the issue of the constitutionality of DOMA moving toward the United States...
View ArticleA Quick List Of Discriminatory Laws
I am a member of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. The Committee has undertaken a project that seeks to identify the differences in state and federal laws that...
View ArticleUnfair Tax Burden For Same-Sex Couples
In my last post, I provided a long list of discriminatory practices allowed under the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). In today’s post, I will share with you some of the discriminatory practices...
View ArticleWill The Issue Of Same-Sex Marriage Make The Supreme Court Docket?
After meeting in private this past Friday, the United States Supreme Court did not include on its list of cases to be heard in the near future any of the ten (10) cases on its docket dealing with same...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Legal Rights as LGBTQ Parents? Legal Experts Explains.
Photo by Marie Labbancz Photography By Michele Zavos and Cody M. Perkins Marriage equality is the law of the land! On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court determined that every U.S. state...
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