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Post by Aaron on Jan 15, 2007 20:43:40 GMT -5
A rare legal case in Maine is shedding an interesting light on questions of same-sex relationship recognition. Olive F. Watson had legally adopted her partner, Patricia A. Spado, in 1991, in order to ensure her financial security. Watson is daughter of former IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson, Jr., and granddaughter of the company's founder, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. The couple split a year later. The case has resurfaced because Spado claims to have a legal right to a share of the multimillion-dollar trust fund established by Olive Watson's now-deceased mother for her grandchildren. The Boston Globe (through the Associated Press) has further details. Regardless of the legal intricacies of this case, it underscores once again the lengths same-sex couples have to go to—and will go to—to secure our rights. Is letting people bend the intended reason for adoption really any better than letting same-sex couples marry? Is it worth the time and legal expense of dragging cases like this through the courts, when the established laws of marriage lay out in great detail matters of inheritance and other rights? I'm sure I know Blend readers' answers
Wow okay to me that is even a bit extreme but..I don't know about that lol.
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