08-20-2012, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by stephfromMIT
2late-We will be legally married, so I assume divorce law would be applicable.
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Don't be so sure...if the child is your partner's biological child you have no rights. It would be the same as if I married a man with my son from a previous marriage. Were we to divorce, he would have no rights regarding custody, visitation, etc...because it is not his child. The same applies to a non-biological same-sex parent. I'm not speaking from personal experience, but I have a good friend who was with her partner for 10+ years (and in a legally recognized civil-union), paid for IVF, was there throughout the pregnancy and birth, and was a co-parent in EVERY sense of the word for 6 years...and who now cannot see her daughter. All I'm saying is make sure your rights are legally protected.
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