Same-sex Family Law

Same-sex couples adopt and foster children at higher rates than heterosexual couples.  The Williams Institute at UCLA Law School notes that over 21% of same-sex couples are raising an adopted child. In contrast, 3% of heterosexual couples have adopted a child. Roughly...

Well before the same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide by the Supreme Court in 2015, in 2013 then Governor Mark Dayton made same-sex marriages legal in our state. Since August 1, 2013, the LGBTQ community in Minnesota has enjoyed the same familial rights as their...