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Pennsylvania allows a single person to adopt without respect to sexual orientation. [20] Until 2002, Pennsylvania did not permit stepchild adoption by a person of the same sex as the first parent. A 6-0 ruling by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania established the right of same-sex couples to stepchild adoptions. [21]
Benefits include visitation rights in hospitals and correctional facilities equal to those given to a spouse. A domestic partner, who is also the parent or legal guardian of a child, may file a form at or send a letter to the child's school to indicate that the parent's domestic partner shall have access to the child's records.
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A domestic partnership is an intimate relationship between people, usually couples, who live together and share a common domestic life but who are not married (to each other or to anyone else). People in domestic partnerships receive legal benefits that guarantee right of survivorship, hospital visitation, and other rights.
The Philadelphia Family Court system formed in 1914 and was known as the Juvenile and Domestic Branches of the Municipal Court. Between 1914 and 1939 the court processed $35,482,478 in claims which otherwise would have been charges to the city government. The charges range from $345,490 in 1914 to $1,565,682 in 1939.
In the common law tradition, the law of domestic relations is a broad category that encompasses: divorce; property settlements; alimony, spousal support, or other maintenance; the establishment of paternity; the establishment or termination of parental rights; child support; child custody; visitation; adoption; and; Emancipation of minors.
Creating more opportunities: Pa. legislators, Farm Bureau discuss what it will take to allow more Sunday hunting Sen Cris Dush, a Republican for the District 25 in northcentral Pennsylvania ...
In 1982, a domestic partnership law was adopted and passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but Dianne Feinstein, mayor of San Francisco at the time, came under intense pressure from the Catholic Church and subsequently vetoed the bill. Not until 1989 was a domestic partnership law adopted in the city of San Francisco. [11]