When same-sex couples with children separate in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, they may face obstacles to establishing child support, visitation and custody. Many LGBT couples have their children through assisted fertilization or adoption; the result is that one or both...
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Same-sex marriage now recognized in Pennsylvania
In May 2014, Pennsylvania joined several neighboring states in recognizing the right of same-sex couples to marry in its jurisdiction. One day after a judge struck down the state's Defense of Marriage Act, the governor announced that he would not appeal the judge's...
When courts refuse to recognize science in custodial arrangements
No matter your personal beliefs on whether same-sex couples should be able to raise children, there is a bevy of studies that show that being raised by gay and lesbian parents is not detrimental to children. The problem is, however, that when some parents divorce...
28 couples ask state judge to grant same-sex marriage
Every same-sex couple in Pennsylvania is aware that they cannot legally marry in the state. Despite this, there are a number of same-sex couples in Berks County and across the state who have gone ahead and left the state to get married. When they come back, they can...
Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban heads to court
Things are heating up in courts across Pennsylvania for same-sex couples. There are a handful of lawsuits in both state and federal courts that challenge the Pennsylvania law that bans the recognition of same-sex marriage, one of which will soon be headed to trial....