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The Fight for FAIR Education Understanding Senate Bill 48

Posted by GSDBA on April 3, 2012 at 1:52pm

View Blog By Rivka Israel, Esq.

Family Legal Ease, Law Office of Rivka Israel, Esq.

On July 13, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 48, al...

Marriage Validity of Transgenders

By: Rivka Israel, Esq.

November 2011

Recently, I have been approached repeatedly with inquiries regarding the validity of marriages of Transgender individuals. Thus, it has been brought to my attention that this is an area of concern and interest about which there is not a lot of information available. The issue is actually a lot less complicated than it would appear to be and depends ...

Gay and Lesbian Divorce

Divorce between Gay and Lesbian couples is very similar to that of heterosexual couples with some basic differences. An outline of the Dissolution process is available on my website. If you have either registered as Domestic Partners, Married, or done both, you must legally terminate that relationship. You can’t ...

A Rose by any other name.

By: Rivka Israel, Esq.

Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships, Same-sex Marriage are they the same and what are the differences? Though the differences are beginning to dwindle, there are certainly differences when it comes to obtaining rights. In the context of the dissolution of a relationship, at this point in time, the practical applicatio...

Keep an eye open for my new article which will be coming out on SDGLN this coming week. After it has been published I will also post it here.

Then and Now; Slow but Steady

By: Rivka Israel, Esq.

Over the past seven years we have watched as changes have taken place in the law and as the recognition of the rights of members of the same-sex community has increased. This piecemeal process, at times, has resulted in some strange scenarios. As of January 1, 2005, domestic partners were granted the same rights and responsibilities as married spouses, in theory. In reality, this was not...

Lesbian Parentage; Saving the Family from Future Pain

As of late I have had the sad experience of encountering a number of cases in which one parent lost their children upon removal of the children from the state by the bio-mom. Though I have written about this in the past it seems that the LGBT community has not taken heed to my warnings. Therefore, I find it necessary to write about it again.

I ask that you please give this information serious consi...

Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger, also known as Prop8 litigation.

I was asked to write an article summarizing thiscase. To understand the case one must first understand who the parties are and what their positions have been throughout these proceedings. So, this is where I will begin.

The original Plaintiffs in the underlying Trial Court case are Kristin Perry, Sandra Stier, Paul Katam and Jeffrey Zarrillo. These Plaintiffs filed a Complaint for declar...

Japan: Single-Father Households Receive Government Support, Like Single-Mother Households

Aug. 24, 2010: Japan's Amended Child Rearing Allowance Law (Law No.40 of 2010) became effective on August 1, 2010. Now, single-father households may receive the same allowance from the government accorded to single-mother households. The Child Rearing Allowance Law had excluded single-father households from the low-income households qualified to receive a child-rea...

By Rivka Israel, Esq. Family Legal Ease: Originally Published in July 2010

Not every couple who live together get married or register as domestic partners. Some people live together and have close relationships without any romantic ties at all. Others have romantic relationships without formalization. In California, non-marital/registered cohabitation does not, in itself, confer rights on either party. Legal rights such as community property, partner support, medical d...