The bigger issue will be challenges to the parentage of the nongenetically connected parent who is relying on their marital status to secure their parentage. Rumbold Seidelman More Quotes by Rumbold Seidelman More Quotes From Rumbold Seidelman The consensus of opinion is that marriages which are valid at the time of entry should be secure and not subject to being voided, obviously that gives little solace to people hoping to marry in the future. Rumbold Seidelman To protect themselves, it's very important for same-sex couples to secure their parentage by obtaining a court order of adoption or order of parentage from a court since court orders are entitled to full faith and credit, couples -- especially in hostile states -- should not rely on their marriage, or both being on the birth certificate, to secure their parental relationship to their child. Rumbold Seidelman