Are you my parent? Understanding legal parentage for non-traditional families.

by NewHorizon | Aug 14, 2026 | Legal Updates & Info

For many non-traditional families, building a loving home and creating legal familial relationships can feel like mutually exclusive propositions, especially in jurisdictions that only allow two legal parents or in places where non-nuclear families are stigmatized....

The UnMarriage Toolkit: Legal Lifelines for Non-Traditional Families

by NewHorizon | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized

When you get married, a comprehensive legal framework is automatically put in place. It establishes default rules for everything from property division upon death or separation to who can make medical decisions and what kind of parental rights you have. But what...

Navigating the Legal Landscape of California’s Three Parent Law

by NewHorizon | Jan 15, 2026 | Legal Updates & Info

They say that bad facts make for bad law, but, sometimes, bad facts result in great law. In 2013, California enacted a law allowing children to have more than two legal parents. This “three parent law” paves the way for full parental rights in...

Beyond “I Do”: Why Cohabitation Agreements are Essential for Non-Traditional Families

by NewHorizon | Nov 15, 2025 | Legal Agreements

Have you ever finished a romantic dinner with your partners, leaned over the table, and whispered invitingly, “Sweeties, we should think about creating a cohabitation agreement?” Probably not. But for folks who live together and aren’t married, a cohabitation...