The NC child support case does not involve any issues about the rights and responsibilities of married gay couples that flow from Obergefell. According to the AP article, the lesbian parents in the NC case were unmarried. I agree that the trial court decision was correct and the appellate decision was wrong, and may violate due process and equal protection claims. However, the appellate decision only concerns the obligations of a same sex partner in a non-legal “romantic relationship” that ended. Obergefell is not impacted.
The NC child support case does not involve any issues about the rights and responsibilities of married gay couples that flow from Obergefell. According to the AP article, the lesbian parents in the NC case were unmarried. I agree that the trial court decision was correct and the appellate decision was wrong, and may violate due process and equal protection claims. However, the appellate decision only concerns the obligations of a same sex partner in a non-legal “romantic relationship” that ended. Obergefell is not impacted.