New Jersey LGBT Law

Civil unions are not perfect, but they open up a whole new set of issues relating to same-sex families, including protections for our children. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in the New Jersey marriage case (Lewis v. Harris), same-sex couples had the right to adopt each other's children, via second-parent adoption, to jointly adopt unrelated children, and to seek visitation and custody, should the couple break up. However, none of these rights were clearly established by statute; instead, these rights resulted from court decisions. Read more »