SJC upholds parenting rights of same-sex partner

The parenting rights of a mother in a same-sex relationship extend even when the couple is unmarried and the mother has no biological connection to the children, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Courtesy -- Wikipedia)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Courtesy -- Wikipedia)
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STATE HOUSE — The parenting rights of a mother in a same-sex relationship extend even when the couple is unmarried and the mother has no biological connection to the children, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday.

In a decision written by Justice Barbara Lenk, the Supreme Judicial Court overturned a Middlesex County family court's dismissal of Karen Partanen's parentage claims.

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