Ben is a teenager living with his biological mother, Carol, and Carol's partner, Susan. Due to outdated state laws that don't recognize or support contemporary family structures, Ben's family is likely to experience the following financial, legal, or emotional costs except that A. Ben may be disadvantaged in important ways compared to his peers raised by heterosexual parents. B. if Ben's biological mother, Carol, were to die, Ben could be placed with a distant relative or in foster care instead of staying in his home with Carol's partner, Susan. C. Ben may not be able to receive medical coverage through Susan's employer, as she is his non-biological parent. D. only Ben's biological mother, Carol, may have the authority to make routine or
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In their 2012 report, the Movement Advancement Project et al. documented how difficult it was for same-sex couples to establish legal ties to each other and to their children. Due to outdated state family laws that do not recognize or support contemporary family structures, children living in LGBT families are more likely to have legal ties to only one parent than children living with heterosexual married parents. As a result, LGBT families bear a variety of financial, legal, and emotional costs. For example, only one parent may have the authority to make routine or emergency decisions for the child, or the child may not be eligible to receive medical coverage through the employer of the nonbiological or nonlegal parent. If the biological or legal parent were to die, the child would be placed with a distant relative or in foster care instead of being placed with the nonlegal parent. The report concludes with recommendations for legislative solutions focusing on the best interests of the children, establishing legal ties to both parents, and eliminating the potential for bias and discrimination against LGBT families.
14. Ben is a teenager living with his biological mother, Carol, and Carol's partner, Susan. Due to outdated state laws that don't recognize or support contemporary family structures, Ben's family is likely to experience the following financial, legal, or emotional costs except that
A. Ben may be disadvantaged in important ways compared to his peers raised by heterosexual parents.
B. if Ben's biological mother, Carol, were to die, Ben could be placed with a distant relative or in foster care instead of staying in his home with Carol's partner, Susan.
C. Ben may not be able to receive medical coverage through Susan's employer, as she is his non-biological parent.
D. only Ben's biological mother, Carol, may have the authority to make routine or emergency decisions about Ben's health
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