In a 4-3 ruling Aug. 25, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled against a woman who had sued her female ex-partner for child support.
Although the defendant, identified as in court documents as B.L., verbally agreed to parent the child with the plaintiff, identified only as T.F., before the plaintiff was artificially inseminated, the court found that the state cannot enforce that contract.
"'Parenthood by contract' is not the law in Massachusetts
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The son of a billionaire printing-company mogul who was found to be running a secret S&M sex club for gay men from his penthouse apartment is now being sued by the other condo owners.
A corporation set up to manage the posh 12-story condo complex in Gramercy Park has filed suit against H. Richard Quadracci — the subject of a Post investigation — in an attempt to get him to stop
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An effort to repeal a 1993 charter amendment that made this the only U.S. city to ban enactment or enforcement of laws based on sexual orientation continues to be the subject of a legal dispute as the election nears.
A judge last week rejected a request for a temporary restraining order to keep the repeal off the Nov. 2 ballot, but set an Aug. 30 hearing to consider issues in the
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Dropping a political bombshell, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey announced his resignation Thursday as he revealed he is a gay man who carried on an adulterous affair with a man.
With his wife standing by his side, McGreevey spoke in calm tones as he described his struggle with his sexuality, "a certain sense that separated me from others." It was something that he said began as a child.
"At a point in
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Despite a judge's order, the organizer of "Whipstock" promises the alternative lifestyle event will go on.
Just not in Oakfield Township.
The three-day event -- catering to people into dominance and submission, bondage and discipline -- will be held at a new but undetermined location Aug. 20-22, organizers said.
Friday, Rockford District Judge Steven Servaas severely limited the number of cars and people that could be at the property of Jewell and Rex
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It's called Whipstock, an annual event for the "S&M" crowd and other alternative lifestyles. But after a judge's ruling, the event has been virtually shutdown.
The all-weekend event was supposed to start August 20th, at a home in Oakfield Township in northern Kent County. It's an annual fundraiser, touted as Michigan's largest Alternative Lifestyle picnic. An Oakfield Township couple started the event four years ago; they say they never had any
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