ALBANY – Targeting a 25-year decision that critics say defines parenthood too narrowly, two former same-sex partners argued before the Court of Appeals that they should be granted visitation right with children they have neither borne nor adopted.
Hearing two cases challenging visitation denials by Family Courts in Chautauqua and Suffolk counties, the judges spent 80 minutes Thursday questioning attorneys on issues such as whether state law and precedent on parenthood stack up against changing societal attitudes.
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