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Protecting Children In Nontraditional Families: Second Parent Adoptions In Washington, Carrie Bashaw
Protecting Children In Nontraditional Families: Second Parent Adoptions In Washington, Carrie Bashaw
Seattle University Law Review
Most adults take for granted their right, through marriage and adoption, to legally protect their relationship with children. A substantial segment of adults, however, cannot take this right for granted. In some states these individuals are denied the right to have a legal relationship with their partners' children because they are lesbians. The rights and needs of children in these nontraditional families could be recognized through second parent adoptions. In essence, a second parent adoption is the adoption of a child by the partner of the child's natural or legal parent. For example, suppose a lesbian couple, Emily and Lynn, …
The Implied Termination Of Community Property Agreements Upon Permanent Separation, William Oltman
The Implied Termination Of Community Property Agreements Upon Permanent Separation, William Oltman
Seattle University Law Review
This Article will assess the effect of living separate and apart in a defunct marriage on the typical community property agreement, including both inter-vivos and at-death elements. First, as background, this Article will explain and analyze the Washington law status of the concept of living separate and apart. Second, this Article will then review the facts and the holding of In re Estate of Lyman, an appeals court case illustrating the typical fact situation and setting forth the approach of the Washington Supreme Court in this area. It remains the best and most instructive example to date of this …