The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that a California registered same-sex domestic partnership (RDP) is the equivalent of marriage in Massachusetts in Hunter v. Rose. Hunter and Rose each bore a child during their partnership and under Massachusetts law, "children born into a legal spousal relationship are presumed to be the children of both spouses. Moreover, any child born as a result of artificial insemination with spousal consent is considered to be the child of the consenting spouse." Since parties to RDPs have identical responsibilities and rights as those to marriage, the lower court did not err in awarding physical custody and attorney's fees to Hunter. Click here to read the opinion.
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