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Utah’s ‘Normal’ Narrowly Defined

As demonstrated by the state legislature’s commendable move to protect all parties in surrogacy arrangements by passing AB 1217, California non-traditional families are lucky. In contrast, in Salt Lake City, Utah, The New Normal, a new TV sitcom about a gay male couple who are becoming dads via surrogacy, is not even being allowed to air.

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September 11, 2012

Family Law / LGBT News / Rich Vaughn Article / Same Sex Marriage

House Dems Go to Bat for DOMA

The Windsor case highlights one of the most onerous consequences of DOMA, which is the financial penalty same-sex couples incur via estate taxes and loss of Social Security benefits when one partner dies.

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September 8, 2012

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Gay Couple Legally Recognized as Fathers on Birth Certificate for Surrogate Born Son

For the first time in history, Argentina recognized a gay couple as legal parents of a child born from surrogacy. On June 29, 2012, baby Tobias was born in New…

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August 24, 2012

Assisted Reproductive Technology / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / LGBT News / Rich Vaughn Article

Controversial Costa Rica lawmaker appointed, sparks demonstrations

Demonstrators advocated a wide variety of issues including LGBT rights, legalizing in vitro fertilization and migrant-worker benefits.

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July 5, 2012

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Domestic Partnership / Egg Donation Information / Family Law / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Intended Parents / LGBT News / Rich Vaughn Article / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Surrogacy to Help Gay Men Become Parents

The number of gay couples forming families is on a steady rise from previous years. Gay and lesbian couples around the world are finding new hope creating families using ART methods.

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July 2, 2012

Adoption / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Family Law / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / LGBT News / Rich Vaughn Article

Egg Donation and IVF Help Form Modern Families

An estimated 6 million to 14 million children have a lesbian or gay parent. Egg donation, surrogacy and IVF play a major role in forming these modern families who may not have had the opportunity to have children otherwise.

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June 7, 2012

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Domestic Partnership / Family Law / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Intended Parents / LGBT News / Rich Vaughn Article / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Parental Rights for Unrelated Spouses

Legislation under consideration by the New Jersey state legislature, as a result of a recent state Supreme Court case, would help establish parental rights for infertile men or women who become parents via surrogacy.

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April 2, 2012

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“Father, In Law – Richard Shares Family Secrets” in The Fight Magazine

Rich Vaughn, fertility law lawyer in Los Angeles with International Fertility Law Group, on coming out at 27, finding true love, creating a family and raising children.

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November 16, 2011

Family Law / LGBT News / Parentage Orders / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Full Faith and Credit Given to California Parentage Order by New York Court

New York court upholds and gives full faith and credit to a California judgment of paternity awarded to two men who had twins through gestational surrogacy... despite New York's public policy against surrogacy.

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October 29, 2010

Adoption / Family Law / LGBT News / Same Sex Parents

Same Sex Adoption in Florida

The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida's 33-year-old law banning adoption by gay men and lesbians.

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September 22, 2010

Family Law / LGBT News / Same Sex Marriage

The “State” of Affairs in Same Sex Marriage Laws

The California Supreme Court held in May 2009 that the estimated 18,000 couples who married in California between that court’s marriage equality decision in May 2008 and Prop 8’s passage on November 4, 2008 remain validly married under California law.

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August 5, 2010

LGBT News / Same Sex Marriage

Same Sex Marriage Legalized in Washington, D.C.

Bill saying that the District would provide a road map for gay rights activists in other jurisdictions, including possibly Maryland.

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March 4, 2010

Adoption / LGBT News / Same Sex Parents

Legal Developments in LGBT Issues

General information on Same-Sex Relationships

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August 24, 2009

LGBT News / Marriage Equality

Obama administration says marriage law unfair

The Obama administration filed court papers Monday claiming a federal marriage law discriminates against gays, even as government lawyers continue to defend the law.

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August 17, 2009

Adoption / LGBT News / Same Sex Parents

Advancement for Same Sex Parental Rights in the District of Columbia

Lesbians in the District no longer will need the written consent of their partners to adopt children born to their partners through artificial insemination, under a new law that took effect Saturday

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July 27, 2009

Domestic Partnership / LGBT News

Nevada Passes Domestic Partnership Law

The State of Nevada has passed a Domestic Partnership law, effective October 1, 2009. The bill, as enrolled, specifically provides that a “domestic partnership is not a marriage for the purposes of Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution.

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July 9, 2009