Once 'adoptive father' and 'son,' now a married gay couple

[marylander1940]

Norman MacArthur, left, and Bill Novak were married on Sunday after spending more than a decade as father and son. (Photo: Matt slocum/AP Photo)

 

A couple who were legally father and son for the last fifteen years had their adoption vacated and were married this week after 52 years together.

 

Norman MacArthur, 74, and Bill Novak, 76, were married in Pennsylvania on Sunday. The couple, who has been together since their 20s, registered as domestic partners in New York City in 1994, but in 2000 they moved to Erwinna, Penn., where domestic partnerships are not legally recognized. “When we moved to Pennsylvania, we had both retired and we were of the age where one begins to do estate planning,” MacArthur tells Yahoo Parenting. “We went to a lawyer who told us Pennsylvania was never going to allow same-sex marriage, so the only legal avenue we had in order to be afforded any rights was adoption.”

 

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/once-father-and-son-now-a-married-couple-120039861077.html

[bigvalboy]

Interesting Marylander. I saw this the other day, and just thought it was such an odd story. A very clever way to circumvent the law. "Times they are a changin" Two thumbs up....

[+ Charlie]

In the past, I knew of other cases in which couples did this to deal with inheritance problems. I didn't realize that one could later void an adoption in order to marry one's child.