Authority: Supreme Court of Arkansas (Stati Uniti)

Date: 12/08/2016

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court of Arkansas reversed the former decision of the District Court which stated the constitutional illegitimacy, in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case Obergefell vs Hodges, of the State law, where it denied the possibility of including in the son’s birth certificate the name of the same sex spouse as the biological parent

Parties: Nathaniel Smith, M.D., MPH, Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, in his official capacity, and his successors in office v. Marisa N. Pavan and Terrah D. Pavan, individually, and as parents, next friends, and guardians of T.R.P., a minor child; Leigh D.W. Jacobs and Jana S. Jacobs, individually, and as parents, next friends, and guardians of F.D.J., a minor child; Courtney M. Kassel and Kelly L. Scott, individually, and as parents, next friends, and guardians of A.G.S., a minor child

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Right to found a family - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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