The law has increasingly recognized that not all families fit the traditional two-parent, opposite-sex nuclear family model. For a variety of reasons, many couples choose not to marry; for others, that option is just not available. Family lawyers have kept up with these developments and can help nontraditional families of all kinds with:
- Establishing a domestic partnership.
- Securing marriage-like rights in the absence of a marriage.
- Separating and determining custody in the absence of a marriage.
- Getting your state or employer to recognize a marriage, partnership or divorce from another jurisdiction.
- Adoption, including adoption of your partner's or relative's children.
- Issues related to sperm or egg donations.
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