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Adoption and Parenting

Lambda Legal Urges Mississippi High Court to Reverse Divorce Decree That Ruled an Anonymous Sperm Donor Has Parental Rights Over Married Same-Sex Spouse

(Jackson, November 29, 2017) — Today, Lambda Legal, with the support of local counsel Dianne Ellis, argued before the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother denied legal parentage of the children she and her former-wife planned for and raised together, including their 7 year-old who was born during their marriage.

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Strickland v. Day

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.

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Lambda Legal

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.

Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Strickland v. Day

Lambda Legal Files Appeal in Mississippi High Court to Secure Parental Status of Non-Biological Lesbian Mother

(Jackson, 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.

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Lambda Legal

"Those agencies that won't commit to putting children's needs first, and to nondiscrimination as a core promise to children and families, must not be allowed to operate as agents of the government."

Adoption and Parenting, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care

Texas Senate Passes Damaging Child Welfare Bill: Lambda Legal Urges Governor to Veto

(Austin, TX – May 22, 2017) – The Texas Senate today passed HB 3859, the discriminatory bill that would allow many child placement agencies in the state foster care system – including agencies receiving state and federal funding – to prioritize their religious beliefs above the needs of children in care.

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Hayley Gorenberg, General Counsel

Our work — including but never limited to our marriage wins — exists because lives hang in the balance. Now we know yet one more way that's true.

Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Protect LGBT Students in Illinois, Same-sex relationships, Stand Up to Defeat DOMA!, Teens and Young Adults
Lambda Legal

A New York family court issued a decision last week affirming that married lesbian couples continue to be entitled to second parent adoptions to give added security to their children, who already are entitled to have both spouses recognized as their parents.

Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections

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