224 Md. App. 366 - Conover v. Conover’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “But the premise underlying Janice M. 's rejection of de facto parenthood-that the concept can't be limited to same-sex couples-no longer holds, at least with regard to married same-sex couples. If, as Maryland law now provides, a valid marriage between two women (or two men) has the same legal validity and force as a man-woman marriage, courts should analyze the visitation rights of same-sex spouses the same way they analyze the visitation rights of opposite-sex spouses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 238 Md. App. 561 - Kpetigo v. Kpetigo

2. “A non-biological, non-adoptive spouse who meets one, two or even three tests under ET § 1-208(b) is still a "third party" for child access purposes. Under Janice M. , he or she is not a "legal parent" .... He or she must still show exceptional circumstances to obtain access to a child over the objection of a fit biological parent and to overcome the natural parent's due process rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 238 Md. App. 561 - Kpetigo v. Kpetigo