On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Friday, February 23, 2018. New Jersey sperm donors may not be allowed to assert paternity rights based on the decision in a case that occurred in New York. In this case, a lesbian couple who married in 2014 made an informal agreement […]
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Child support for same-sex couples
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Friday, December 22, 2017. Same-sex couples in New Jersey who share children might want to pay attention to a case that is pending in Hawaii. The case involves a woman who divorced her spouse. The woman’s spouse became pregnant before the divorce […]
Same-sex couples face unique issues when divorcing
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Friday, November 17, 2017. Same-sex couples who are seeking to get a divorce may find that it may be more complicated than they anticipated. This is because the length of their marriages may not reflect the true length of their relationships. How […]
Same-sex marriage trends following legalization
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. New Jersey residents may be aware that same-sex marriage became legal in late June, 2015, following a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. Following this ruling, same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states, including in 14 […]
SCOTUS gay marriage ruling raises questions for gay couples
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Monday, December 14, 2015. New Jersey residents likely know that laws in several states that made same-sex marriage illegal were ruled unconstitutional by a landmark majority decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2015. While the ruling allows same-sex couples across […]
Utah judge orders baby be removed from lesbian couple
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Thursday, November 19, 2015. New Jersey readers may be interested to learn that the Utah Division of Child and Family Services challenged a controversial decision by a Utah judge to remove a baby from foster parents because they are lesbians. In a […]
Same-sex marriages recognized by IRS
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Friday, October 30, 2015. New Jersey residents may be interested in learning that same-sex marriages are now recognized nationwide by the Internal Revenue Service, following the June 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. In that case, the plaintiff who was […]
Same-sex couples may seek retroactive benefits, other rights
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Same-Sex Couples on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage, New Jersey residents who are in same-sex relationships may still face challenges. For example, it is not yet clear whether certain types of benefits will be retroactive. In two different cases, employees […]
