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New York Times on Custody Issues Facing Same-Sex Couples
In an article dated September 12, 2014, the New York Times addressed one of the many custody and visitation problems facing same-sex couples. The article, titled “Parenthood Denied by the Law-After a Same-Sex Couple’s Breakup, a Custody Battle” explores the custody struggles of a Nassau County lesbian couple after they broke up.
The article briefly mentions that this situation could have been avoided if the parties had completed a same-sex adoption in which the non-birth parent legally adopts the child and creates equal parenting rights between the two parties. This issue of adoption is of the utmost importance to same-sex couples and, unfortunately, it is often a possibility that the couples fair to explore.
The Law Office of Louis L. Sternberg proudly represents clients in same-sex divorces.
Louis L. Sternberg is the principal attorney at the Law Office of Louis L. Sternberg P.C. in Hauppauge, New York. He has been recognized as a New York Metro Super Lawyer from 2021 through 2026 and concentrates his practice exclusively on divorce and family law in Suffolk County and Nassau County.