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A Special Publication of the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section and the LGBTQA Section Hon. Richard B. Halloran, Family Law Section Chair • Richard A. Roane, LGBTQA Section Chair Editors in Chief: Anthea E. Papista & Amy M. Spilman Editorial Board: Daniel B. Bates, Sahera G. Housey, Shon Cook & James W. Chryssikos Assistant Editors: Lisa M. Damphousse, Ryan M. O’ Neil, Shelley R. Spivack, Kiana E. L. Franulic, & Ashish S. Joshi Volume 47 Number 6 June/July 2017 Family Law Chair Message .....................1 Civil Unions: Marriage Equality’s Forgotten U.S. Immigration and the LGBTQA By Hon. Richard B. Halloran Stepchildren .........................................30 Community ...........................................57 LGBTQA Chair Message ..........................2 By Tim Cordes By Michael Wooley & Daniel Brick By Richard A. Roane The Importance of Attorneys in the Name Few Fair Housing Protections for the State of the LGBTQA Legal World ............... 3 Change and Gender Marker Modification LGBTQ Community................................61 By Peter M. Kulas-Dominguez & Process ...............................................33 By Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer & Nancy L. Haynes Gregory Schrot By S. Kerene Moore Access to Justice, or the Lack thereof, for Challenges in Domestic Relations Cases for Transgender Bathroom Laws and Trump LGBTQ Crime Victims in Michigan .........63 LGBT Families: A Judicial Perspective .....8 Administration Rollbacks ......................39 By Jaimie Powell Horowitz By Hon. Kathleen M. McCarthy By Amanda Shelton & Mary Deon Expediting the Business/Professional The Psychological Parent Doctrine ........14 Free to Marry, Not Free to Work .............42 Practice Valuation Process ....................69 By Jennifer M. LaTosch By Daniel A. Gwinn & Laura Bradshaw Tucker By Joseph W. Cunningham Expanding the Equitable Parent Doctrine for Transgender Employees Are Protected Recent Published and Unpublished pre-Obergefell LGBT Couples ................19 Under Title VII ........................................47 Cases ...................................................70 By Jay Kaplan By Sam Richman Summarized by the State Bar Family Law Council Amicus Committee Members The Trick About Wedlock: How Obergefell Improving Access to Justice for LGBT Self- Changed LGBT Adoption .......................23 Represented Litigants ...........................49 Family Law Happenings: OCBA Committee By Lisa J. Schmidt By Angela Tripp & Amy Billmire of the Year Award ..................................75 Work Benefits: Do They Come into Play Bankruptcy Practice in Michigan in the for Same-Sex Couples Contemplating Wake of Obergefell v. Hodges ............. 54 Separation or Divorce? ........................... 27 By Donald C. Wheaton, Jr. By Bradley A. Vauter Advertise in the List of Family Law Council Meetings* M I C H IG A N *All regular, monthly Council meetings start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays and are preceded by a breakfast buffet starting FAMILY LAW at 9:00 a.m. The Annual Meeting customarily starts at 9:00 a.m. with breakfast buffet at 8:30 a.m. Family Law Section JOURNAL members who are not Council members are welcome at all Council meetings. However, if you know you are going to Ten times per year, the Michigan Family Law Journal attend a meeting, kindly send an e-mail in advance so we reaches: are sure to have plenty of space and food. If a presenter or • Over 3,000 State Bar of Michigan members directly member wishes access to audio-video equipment, please let • Various courts and law libraries us know 7 days in advance. • Specialized nancial professionals • State and local public ofcials —Hon. Richard B. Halloran; [email protected] Your ad for services or products – or your political ad – targets people you want most and need to Next Meeting: Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. reach. Cobo Hall, Detroit Cost of ad per issue: $350 –full page List of LGBTQA Council Meetings $200-half page $175-quarter page The LGBTQA Section Council meets on the second Wednesday $100-eighth page of each month from 3 to 5 pm (excluding July and August). Meeting locations rotate between Lansing, Metro Detroit, Ann Prepayment for 10 issues receives a 5% discount Arbor or Grand Rapids with meeting location published on For details contact: the SBM Website. The next meeting is the Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 28 at 1:30 pm in conjunction with the Kristen L. Robinson SBM Annual Meeting at Cobo Hall, Detroit. c/o Mellin Robinson, PC 1755 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084 About the “Rainbow” Font on the cover: On 31 March, 2017, Gilbert Telephone: (248) 614-9005 Baker the creator of the iconic Rainbow Flag sadly passed away. To honor the memory of Gilbert Baker, NewFest and NYC Pride partnered with Fax: (248) 614-9095 Fontself to create a free font inspired by the design language of the iconic Rainbow Flag, the font was named 'Gilbert' after Mr. Baker. 2016-2017 Family Law Section Officers and Council Members Chair: Expires 2017 Expires 2018 Expires 2019 Hon. Richard B. Halloran Shon Cook Daniel B. Bates Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer Chair-Elect: Hon. Richard B. Halloran James W. Chryssikos J. Matthew Catchick, Jr. Kent L. Weichmann Shelley A. Kester Christopher J. Harrington Sahera G. Housey Treasurer: Mathew Kobliska Kristen L. Robinson Jennifer Johnsen Robert Charles Treat, Jr. Vanessa Marie Moss-Wilson Corresponding Secretary: Robert Charles Treat, Jr. Peter Michael Kulas Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer Steven D. Reinheimer Randall L. Velzen Anthea E. Papista Recording Secretary: Amy M. Spilman Hon. Tina M. Yost Kent L. Weichmann Sahera G. Housey 2016-2017 LGBTQA Section Officers and Council Members Chair: Expires 2017 Expires 2018 Expires 2019 Richard A. Roane Timothy S. Cordes Hon. Richard B. Halloran Susan K. Klooz Chair-Elect: Lori J. Frank Meri Anne Stowe Peter Michael Kulas Hon. Richard B. Halloran Douglas Eugene Meeks Laura Elizabeth Volkmann Richard A. Roane Secretary-Treasurer: Timothy S. Cordes L A Michigan Family Law Appeals, Scott Bassett ................................................................................................................6 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP ...................................................................................................................................... 7 ICLE—Family Law Institute ........................................................................................................................................13 Daniel A. Gwinn, Gwinn Tauriainen PLLC—Employment Law, Employment Litigation ..................................................28 Cordes Law PLLC....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Family Law Section—2017 Mid-Summer Conference—Register Now ......................................................................32 Family Law Section—2018 Winter Conference .......................................................................................................... 38 Kristen L. Robinson, Mellin Robinson PC—Family Law Mediation ...............................................................................46 Ralph K. Mayers, Esq.—Divorce & Family Law Mediator ............................................................................................48 Great Lakes Honor Roll .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Henry Gornbein, Lippitt O’Keefe Gornbein, PLLC—Family Law Mediation ...................................................................56 QDROExpress LLC, Attorney Robert Treat ................................................................................................................... 60 Troy Psychotherapy ....................................................................................................................................................62 Laurel Stuart-Fink, PLLC—Domestic Relations Appeals ............................................................................................. 72 Family Law Political Action Committee .......................................................................................................................74 Letters to the Editor The Michigan Family Law Journal welcomes letters to the Editor. Typed letters are preferred; all may be edited. Each letter must include name, home address and daytime phone number. Please submit your letters, in Word format, to the Chair of the Family Law Section, Hon. Richard B. Halloran, c/o State Bar of Michigan, Michael Franck Building, 306 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48933, [email protected] The Michigan Family Law Journal Endeavors to Establish and Maintain Excellence in Our Service to the Family Law Bench and Bar and Those Persons They Serve. Co-Editors in Chief: Anthea E. Papista • Amy M. Spilman Editorial Board: Co-Editors of Outside Articles: Daniel B. Bates • Sahera G. Housey James W. Chryssikos • Amy M. Spilman Shon Cook • James W. Chryssikos Hot Topics Co-Editors: Assistant Editors: Sahera G. Housey • Ryan M. O’Neil Lisa M. Damphousse • Ryan M. O’ Neil Shelley R. Spivack • Kiana E. L. Franulic • Ashish S. Joshi The views, opinions and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reect the position or opinion of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. FAMILY LAW SECTION “LISTSERV” (E-mail Discussion Group) The Family Law Section sponsors