Thursday, April 16, 2015

Lesbian couple wants to lift obstacles to raising children

Pam Yorksmith, left, and her spouse Nicole Yorksmith, along with their children, Grayden, 4, and Orion, are photographed in the office of their attorney, Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA, Friday, April 3, 2015 in Cincinnati. They are Ohio plaintiffs in a same-sex marriage case to be argued before the Supreme Court on April 28. Raising two young children in states that don’t recognize that their parents are married has confronted Nicole and Pam Yorksmith with a range of issues. They live and work in neighboring states, Kentucky and Ohio, that ban same-sex marriage, and that complicates school enrollment, benefits, travel and tax matters and, most worrisome, medical emergencies. "You run the gamut,” said Pam, a consultant in health care information technology. (AP Photo/Gary Landers) CINCINNATI (AP) — Raising two young children in states that don't recognize that their parents are married has confronted Nicole and Pam Yorksmith with a range of problems.








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