In the News: Week of Sept 1

Adoption Laws Outdated
The Spectator (UW-Eau Claire)
The point is that even in Wisconsin, there are so many legal hurdles preventing same-sex couples from starting families and it doesn't make any sense. The only reason that, a perfectly fit, excellent father (by several accounts), cannot adopt the children he has been raising for years is that he's gay …


Meet J.B. Van Hollen, Wisconsin’s Sarah Palin
The Cap Times
What was Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen thinking when he announced that he would not defend the state's decision to allow unmarried couples to register as domestic partners and enjoy some of the civil benefits accorded to families in any civil society? …


County Board nixes fees for domestic partner licenses
Sawyer County Record
“Why do we have to approve a back-door method of condoning same-sex marriages,” said supervisor Ken Maki. “This is probably going to be overturned in the state Supreme Court anyway because it’s illegal in Wisconsin.” …


Domestic partnership law makes estate planning options’
Wisconsin Law Journal
When it comes to the new law that outlines the rights and benefits for domestic partners in Wisconsin, attorneys say that at this point there are more questions than answers. But the addition of Ch. 770 in the Wisconsin Statutes may be encouraging more same-sex couples to explore their options when it comes to estate planning.