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Blair, Caroline P. , It’s More Than a One-Night Stand: Why a Promise to Parent Should Obligate a Former Lesbian Partner to Pay Child Support in the Absence of a Statutory Requirement. Suffolk U. L. Rev. 465-487 (2006).
In many states, family law has not responded quickly to accommodate the various permutations of the modern American family. Lesbian and gay families, in particular, are affected by the slow evolution of family law. Some courts, nonetheless, have upheld child support obligations of parents in same-sex families under equitable principles. Similarly, the American Law Institute supports impositions of child support via “parents by estoppel.” The author of this article provides an overview of the topic and supplies an array of recommendations for courts considering the issues.
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