It looks like taxes increase and any kind of post-life planning can be done with a few legal filings rather than getting married. Is there any real benefit? It kinda seems like it’s just a way to trap people in relationships, probably traditionally, the woman.

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    11 months ago

    Are they gay relationships with kids from a previous relationship? Because surely if they adopted them then the living person is still a parent and someone’s family can’t just take them

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      From what I’ve read, biological parentage can get preference even if the child had been living in another household. You’d think what you said would be the case, but state legal opinions are not a thing I would be super trusting of if I were in that position given how our rights are in a precarious position, to say the least. IANAL, but everyone should write a will. That’s better than letting lawyers and judges guess at what you want.

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        biological parentage can get preference even if the child had been living in another household.

        I understand this but if both gay people adopted together they’re both equal parents.

        If you’re saying gay 2 adopted gay 1s blood child and gay 2 lost that kid that seems a little sus. I guess I could see it being a legal battle especially in the United States