“Children develop and mature at a faster rate when their survival depends on it” That’s the headline and premise of the recent article by the Oregonian’s Steve Duin dated January 29, 2014. The post pertains to a recent custody case involving a five year old boy. Dunin writes, “At the end of the contentious hearing with the boy’s divorced parents,

Our partners and many of our attorneys at Gearing Rackner & McGrath have been selected to Super Lawyers, a national rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations, so you know this rating carries a lot of weight (but

In an interesting case originating in Kansas, a same-sex female couple privately sought the assistance of a male sperm donor to conceive a child (to be raised by the couple). The three parties signed a written contract that waived the man’s rights to any legal relationship with the child and also waived any legal responsibility for the child’s support and