Establishing Legal Parent-Child Relationships
Roe v. Patton
The ACLU of Utah and the national ACLU LGBT Project filed a lawsuit to force the State Office of Vital Records and Statistics to recognize a married same-sex couple as legal parents of their child. The lawsuit was filed in Utah federal court on behalf of Angie and Kami Roe, who seek to both be recognized as parents to their daughter, Lucy.
Under Utah’s assisted reproduction statute, the husband of a woman who conceives with donated sperm is automatically recognized as the child’s parent. But because Angie is Kami’s wife instead of her husband, the State Office of Vital Records and Statistics refuses to recognize Angie as Lucy’s parent.
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2 Establishing Legal Parent-Child Relationships Cases
North Carolina
Jun 2014
![Gerber and Berlin v. Cooper - Freedom to Marry in North Carolina](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Gerber and Berlin v. Cooper - Freedom to Marry in North Carolina
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation and the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Ellis & Winters LLP have filed a new case in federal court on behalf of three married, same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their marriages. Because of the serious medical condition of one member of each couple, they are asking the court to take swift action.
Status: Closed
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![Gerber and Berlin v. Cooper - Freedom to Marry in North Carolina](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
North Carolina
Establishing Legal Parent-Child Relationships
Gerber and Berlin v. Cooper - Freedom to Marry in North Carolina
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation and the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Ellis & Winters LLP have filed a new case in federal court on behalf of three married, same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their marriages. Because of the serious medical condition of one member of each couple, they are asking the court to take swift action.
Jun 2014
Status: Closed
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