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SJC Rules Lesbian Not Required To Pay Child Support

August 26, 2004 in Legal Issues, News by Admin

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 Continue reading

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Kinky Condo Scion Sued

August 23, 2004 in Legal Issues, News by Admin

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 Continue reading

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Legal battle continues over gay rights ballot issue

August 22, 2004 in Legal Issues, Listener Submitted, News by Admin

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 Continue reading

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Alternative-lifestyle event seeks alternative location

August 11, 2004 in News by Admin

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 Continue reading

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Judge Limits Annual Bondage Fest

August 9, 2004 in Legal Issues, News by Admin

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 Continue reading

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