Same-sex partner child custody ruling [NY SC]

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Same-sex partner child custody ruling [NY SC]

May 26, 2009 10:03:00 am

In the Matter of HM v. ET, et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, May 26, 2009 [holding that a family court does not have jurisdiction over a child support claim against a same-sex partner with no legal or biological ties to the child]. Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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