III.
Lesbian and Gay Family Issues
Not Involving Child Custody, Visitation, Adoption, and Foster Care
A. Same-Sex Marriage or its Approximation
Adoption of Robert Paul P., New York Court of Appeals, 1984
De Santo v. Barnsley, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1984
Adoption of Swanson, Delaware Supreme Court, 1993
Baehr v. Lewin, Hawai’i Supreme Court, 1993
Baker v. State, Vermont Supreme Court, 1999
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2003
Opinions of the Justices to the Senate, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2004
In re Marriage Cases, California Supreme Court, 2008
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2008
Obergefell v. Hodges, U.S. Supreme Court, 2015
Pavan v. Smith, U.S. Supreme Court, 2017
See also: America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
B. Same-Sex Divorce
Christiansen v. Christiansen, Wyoming Supreme Court, 2011
In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B., Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, 2010
In re Divorce of Naylor and Daly, Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, 2011
C. The Federal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act)
Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2012
United States v. Windsor, U.S. Supreme Court, 2013
D. California's Proposition 8
Perry v. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2012
E. State DOMAs (Laws Banning Relationship Recognition for Same-Sex Couples)
State of Ohio v. Carswell, Supreme Court of Ohio, 2007
National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court, 2008
Giancaspro v. Congleton, Michigan Court of Appeals, 2009
Appling v. Walker, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2014
Baskin v. Bogan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2014
F. Health, Dental, Life Insurance, and Sick Leave Benefits for Domestic Partners
Hinman v. Department of Personnel Administration, California Court of Appeal, 1985
Ross v. Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1994
City of Atlanta v. McKinney, Georgia Supreme Court, 1995
City of Atlanta v. Morgan, Georgia Supreme Court, 1997
Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, the State University, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1997
Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1998
G. Housing of Domestic Partners
Braschi v. Stahl Associates Company, New York Court of Appeals, 1989
Levin v. Yeshiva University, New York Court of Appeals, 2001
H. Guardianship of Incapacitated Domestic Partners
Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1986
Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1991
I. Property Disputes Between Former Domestic Partners
Whorton v. Dillingham, California Court of Appeal, 1988
Seward v. Mentrup, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1993
Posik v. Layton, Florida District Court of Appeal, 1997
Mitchell v. Moore, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1999
Doe v. Burkland, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 2002
J. Disputes Involving Wills of Deceased Domestic Partners
Matter of Cooper, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1993
Evans v. May, Texas Court of Appeals, 1996
K. Disputes Involving Intestate Estates of Deceased Domestic Partners
Estate of Reaves v. Owen, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1999
Vasquez v. Hawthorne, Washington Court of Appeals, 2000
L. Domestic Violence of Domestic Partners
State v. Hadinger, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991
Ireland v. Davis, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1997
M. Impact of Domestic Partner Relationships on the Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Others
Coon v. Joseph, California Court of Appeal, 1987
Gajovski v. Gajovski, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991
Engel v. Worthington, California Court of Appeal, 1993
Raum v. Restaurant Associates, Inc., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1998
Marriage of Weisbruch, Illinois Appellate Court, 1999
Plaxico v. Michael, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999
Lapides v. Trabbic, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 2000