LAMBDA LEGAL ARCHIVE SITETHIS SITE IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. TO SEE OUR MOST RECENT CASES AND NEWS, VISITNEW LAMBDALEGAL.ORG

Blog posts related to Strickland v. Day

Find Your State

Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV.

Legal Help Desk

Call us or submit your legal questions online.

Victory! Mississippi Supreme Court Rules That Lesbian Spouses Are Both Legal Parents to Their Marital Children

20160905_164946.jpg

By

April 5, 2018

Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that married same-sex couples should have the same parenting rights as different sex couples in a Lambda Legal case on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother who was denied legal parentage for children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Court to Decide If Lesbian Mom Has More Rights Than Anonymous Sperm Donor

strickland.jpg

By

November 29, 2017

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
A Court Ruled That an Anonymous Sperm Donor Has Parental Rights, but This Lesbian Mom Doesn't. Lambda Legal Is Appealing.

strickland-social.png

By

June 1, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal and local counsel Dianne Ellis filed an appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Christina Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother denied legal parentage to children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships

English