Kids legal grey area, whether homosexual couples split

Two women El Dorado County California, Elisa Maria B. national partners and Emily B., decided they wanted the family.

So if Emily pregnant was amended by a sperm donor and birth to twins in 1998, the lesbian couple faced with a choice of lifestyle. Emily, the couple decided to stay home with children, who had Down’s syndrome and permanent care. Elisa would be the main support.

Permits failed to court, women as a default mechanism for protecting minors in cases where, in addition to parents.

The couple split 18 months later. Elisa cut off financial support, which Emily and their children go on welfare. El Dorado County continued Elisa dependent child, and she refused to pay. Their argument: I’m not the father of children.

At some point this summer, the California Supreme Court, a decision on the case of Elisa and Emily, and two other calls. On Question: On the relations of the same sex, what a person is a parent? Is it biology, existing legal norms, or if that person behaves as a parent?

If Elisa and Emily was an unmarried heterosexual couple, without doubt their dispute is already solved. In California and other states, courts examine how these couples to determine their relationship, parentage.

In California and elsewhere, same-sex couples undistributed courts have begun to ask how they treat heterosexuals concerning custody of children.

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