Fighting Over the Past: Ferretti v. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
A Pennsylvania agency and court are currently deciding who controls access to millions of individual vital records – Ancestry.com, or the Commonwealth... Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Minors to Go Into Effect in Idaho
On April 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court allowed a law to go into effect which bans gender-affirming care for all... Read More
Divorce and Pregnancy
Missouri’s divorce law, which allows judges to stop pregnant individuals from divorcing their spouses, went viral online this month when a Democratic... Read More
The Alabama IVF Decision
The Alabama IVF Decision “We believe that each human being, from the moment of conception, is made in the image of God,... Read More
Pennsylvania Superior Court decision brings new rights to civil union couples
On December 28, 2016, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a unanimous opinion in Neyman v. Buckley holding that, “a Vermont civil union should be... Read More
Pennsylvania Appellate Court rules Family Courts may now hear civil union dissolution cases through same process as divorces
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- December 28, 2016 Philadelphia, PA- For the first time, a Pennsylvania appellate court has recognized civil unions. An appeal... Read More
Two Men, a Woman, and a Baby: A New Jersey Case Sets New Law for 3-Parent Families
It all seemed so idyllic when Kitty Stillufsen described her “modern” family in a July 2011 Marie Claire article. Kitty, her gay... Read More
Today Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Validity of Surrogacy Contracts and Rules Sherri Shepherd is the Legal Mother to Baby S.
Today the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued a landmark ruling in the case of Baby S., 2015 Pa. Super. 244, upholding a... Read More
Marriage Equality Cases
Jerner Law Group, P.C. has been on the forefront of fighting for LGBT civil rights for more than a decade. Jerner Law... Read More