RESPECTING ALL CONNECTICUT FAMILIES: THE LEGAL PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP FOR UNMARRIED, SAME-SEX, AND NONBIOLOGICAL PARENTS. Who is a parent in Connecticut? The Connecticut Parentage Act, which came into effect in January 2022, is the most significant update to Connecticut’s parentage laws in decades. It ensures that all children in the state have equal access to the security of a legal parent-child relationship regardless of the circumstances of their birth or the marital status, gender, or sexual orientation of their parents. This Belonging at Yale event puts Douglas NeJaime, the Anne Urowsky Professor of Law, in conversation with Deborah Stanley-McAulay, Associate Vice President for Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture. Professor NeJaime was a principal drafter of the act. Kimberly Goff-Crews, Secretary and Vice President for University Life, introduces the event.
