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A Special Publication of the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section and the LGBTQA Section<br />
Hon. Richard B. Halloran, Family Law Section Chair • Richard A. Roane, LGBTQA Section Chair<br />
Editors in Chief: Anthea E. Papista & Amy M. Spilman<br />
Editorial Board: Daniel B. Bates, Sahera G. Housey, Shon Cook & James W. Chryssikos<br />
Assistant Editors: Lisa M. Damphousse, Ryan M. O’ Neil, Shelley R. Spivack, Kiana E. L. Franulic, & Ashish S. Joshi<br />
Family Law Chair Message .....................1<br />
By Hon. Richard B. Halloran<br />
LGBTQA Chair Message ..........................2<br />
By Richard A. Roane<br />
State of the LGBTQA Legal World ............... 3<br />
By Peter M. Kulas-Dominguez &<br />
Gregory Schrot<br />
Challenges in Domestic Relations Cases for<br />
LGBT Families: A Judicial Perspective .....<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=1"> A Special Publication of the State Bar of Michiga</a>
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<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=5"> Family Law Chair Message By Hon. Richard B. Hall</a>
<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=6"> LGBTQA Chair Message By Richard A. Roane, LGBTQA</a>
<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=7"> State of the LGBTQA Legal World By Peter M. Kula</a>
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<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=35"> how their “marriage-like” rights will be handled.</a>
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<a title="Family Law Journal—June 2017 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6b5be22d?page=49"> rary meaning of the word “sex” to include sexual </a>
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