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Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges extended the right for same sex couples to marry in every state, certain states tried quasi-marriage arrangements as alternate form of legal recognition. Two types of these legal constructs are civil unions and domestic partnerships. These arrangements apply to both same sex as well as opposite …
Raising children is a wonderful journey to embark on with your significant other. Unfortunately circumstances can sometimes prohibit couples from having a biological child together, but thankfully adoption is a perfect alternative when making this lifelong commitment. In Arizona, there are no restrictions on LGBT couples who would like to adopt, but it is important …
In Arizona, the presumption with respect to paternity is that a man is presumed to be the father of the child if he and the child’s mother were married at any time within 10 months immediately preceding the birth of the child. In September of 2017, the Supreme Court of Arizona in McLaughlin v. Jones made it …
Prior to the 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, many same-sex couples had difficulty obtaining a divorce as same-sex marriage was only legal in some states. Other states that did not recognize the marriage did not recognize the right to divorce, because they didn’t recognize the underlying marriage as legal or …
