The ruling emerged from a dispute between a gay couple from Chautauqua County, N.Y., known in family court papers only as Brooke S.B. In 2010, the couple ended their relationship, court papers said, and three years later, Elizabeth tried to cut off Brooke’s contact with the boy. “The court clearly heard us,” said Eric Wrubel, a lawyer who argued Brooke and Elizabeth’s case on behalf of the child, whose welfare was central in the appellate decision. “They clearly see that the bright lines of biology and adoption just don’t fit today with marriage equality. “To have New York, where there are so many same-sex couples, be an outlier was a problem.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2016 15:39 UTC