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- Title
The Prima Facie Parent: Implementing a Simple, Fair, and Efficient Standing Test in Courts Considering Custody Disputes by Unmarried Gay or Lesbian Parents.
- Authors
HUARD FERSHEE, KENDRA
- Abstract
The article looks at the need of a standing test in the U.S. Courts to resolve the disputes related to custody of child by unmarried LGBT parents. Topics discussed include laws for same-sex couples to raise children; laws related to dissolution of the same-sex marriage or same-sex partnerships or parenthood, and decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the "Levy v. Louisiana" on parenthood.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CUSTODY of children; MARRIAGE law; LEGAL status of gay couples; LEVY v. Louisiana; SAME-sex marriage; MARRIAGE settlements; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); SAME-sex marriage laws
- Publication
Family Law Quarterly, 2014, Vol 48, Issue 3, p435
- ISSN
0014-729X
- Publication type
Article