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Oprah’s Virtual Wellness Tour – Join for FREE!
It's official: Oprah Winfrey is taking her esteemed wellness tour to Zoom. Beginning Saturday, May 16, you can join Oprah for FREE on her Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward tour from the comfort of your couch. "The world has experienced a reset and I think it's an...
New Blood Test to Identify Fathers Before Birth
New Blood Test to Identify Fathers Before Birth This is such an interesting new development for family law practitioners and parents-to-be. Steve Ruark for The New York Times It is an uncomfortable question that, in today’s world, is often asked by expectant mothers who had more than one male partner at the time they became […]
DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional By Boston Appeals Court (LGBT)
In a landmark ruling today, the Boston First Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional because it denies federal benefits to same-sex married couples. The full decision can be read here: http://www.glad.org/uploads/docs/cases/gill-v-office-of-personnel-management/2012-may-31-gill-v-opm-first-circuit-ruling.pdf?p1=News_links
California Domestic Partner Ruling
California Court of Appeal Rules for Same-Sex Partner in Inheritance Dispute Court Recognizes New Legal Claim for Unmarried Partners Intentionally Deprived of Expected Inheritance In May 2012 the California Court of Appeal established an important new legal protection for unmarried partners who are wrongfully prevented from inheriting property from each other when one partner dies. […]