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- Who is a Parent? A Quick Guide to California Parentage Law
By Deborah Wald, Attorney at Law
January 2012
Download complete text here (*.pdf file) - Important Checklists under CA Law - Same-Sex Relationship Status; Definition of Legal Parents
Handout from LACC Panel with Cathy Sakimura, Esq., Paul W. Thorndal, Esq., & Tulin D. Acikalin, Esq.
December, 2011 - Surrogacy and a Pregnant Women's Constitutional Right to Medical and Procreative Choice - A Brief Survey (*.pdf file)
By Deborah H. Wald, Esq. & Katherine Black, J.D. candidate
October, 2011 - Up Close with Kate Reder, San Francisco Family Law Attorney
August 2011 BASF Bulletin - California Surrogacy — A Gay Primer
By Deborah H. Wald
April, 2011
Download *.pdf version - Dissolving Same-Sex Marital Unions in California
by Deborah H. Wald
Family Advocate Magazine, Winter 2010 Vol. 32, No. 3
Download complete text here (*.pdf file) - Same Sex Divorce Riddled With Complications
NPR "Tell Me More" interview with Paul W. Thorndal hosted by Tony Cox (Michael Martin away) September 2010 - Out of State Same-Sex Marriage
June 2009
Recognition of Marriages Between Same-Sex Couples Performed Outside of California Prior to November 5, 2008 - A Few Legal Tips to Help Keep Your Family Together (*.pdf file)
ON Magazine (Volume XVII Issue 2) & www.onbayarea.com February 2009 - "Questions Abound Around Same-Sex 'I Do's'; Lawyers Sort Out Answers to Particularities of State's Marriage Law" (*.pdf file)
Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2008) - Women and Children First (*.pdf file), FORUM Op-ed on the California Supreme Court Same-sex Marriage Decision
Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2008) - MARRIAGE EQUALITY PANEL DISCUSSION ON PROPOSITION 8
Commonweath Club of California panel, September 2008, with attorneys Paul W. Thorndal, Therese Stewart, and Donna Ryu. - Same Sex Divorce
KQED Radio Forum with Michael Krasny; Hosted by Dave Iverson, April 2008 Deborah Wald, Esq; Frederick Hertz, Esq; and Alice Kessler, Equality California - Sperm Donation - The Gift of a Lifetime
Get Smart Radio hosted by Deborah Pardes, March 2008 - Gay Surrogacy: A Legal Perspective
About.com, March 2007 - Donor Insemination: A Legal Perspective for Lesbians and Single Women
About.com, December 2006 - Gay Adoption Issues: Choosing an LGBT Friendly Attorney
About.com, November 2006 - Parentage Cases Offer Court Chance to Banish Illegitimacy
The Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 16, 2005 - California is Behind the Times When it Comes to Granting Custody to Same-Sex Parents
The Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 5, 2004 - It is Time for California Courts to Start Protecting the Children of Same-Sex Couples
The Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 9, 2004 - Don't Leave Out Lesbian and Gay Families
Gene Watch, January, 2001 - "Victory is Ours: Graduates of the Law School Play a Pivotal Role in the Gay Rights Movement" (*.pdf file)
Northeastern Law Magazine, Winter 2004 - "1999 Lawyers of the Year" (*.pdf file)
California Lawyer, December 1999
