The April 2012 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available here.

April's topics include:

1. RADTKE V. MISCELLANEOUS DDRIVERS & HELPERS UNION LOCAL #368 HEALTH, WEFLARE, EYE & DENTA FUND, Civil File No. 10-4175, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, April 2, 2012 (validity of marriage involving person who transitioned from one sex to another).
2. DIAZ V. BREWER, No. 10-16797, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, April 3, 2012 (law rescinding domestic partner benefits to public employees).
3. REBER V. REISS, 2012 PA Super 86, Pennsylvania Superior Court, April 11, 2012 (post-divorce ownership of embryos).
4. JO D. V. RONNIE C., B229344, California Court of Appeals, Secend Appellate District, March 19, 2012 (support obligation of sperm donor).
5. STUBING V. GERMANY, Application no. 43547/08, European Court of Human Rights, April 12, 2012 (validity of law barring incest).
6. CATES V. SWAIN, No. 2010-ca-01939-COA, Mississippi Court of Appeals, April 17, 2012 (implied contract between cohabitants).
7. J.C.M. V. A.N.A., 2012 BCSC 584, British Columbia Supreme Court, April 23, 2012 (division of sperm bank deposits on divorce).
8. Recent Law Review Articles (topics: sharia law).
9. News Stories (topics: marriage solemnization by clergy, sperm donor paternity).
10. Legislation (topics: conscience clause in adoption placements).

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