For most couples with children, a breakup in their relationship does not equate to losing their children. However, when it comes to same sex couples, particularly those who never married, there are legal barriers that prevent them from asserting their rights as parents to their children.
In a recent case out of the Fourth Court
8, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States held oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges – the combined group of 6 cases addressing the constitutionality of various states’ bans against same sex. Most Court watchers expect a ruling to come out by the end of June when the Court’s term ends.