Fighting for His Deceased Partner's Final Wishes

A gay Baltimore man is fighting the parents of his late partner, Russel Groff. Groff specified in his will he wished to be buried in Tennessee. His parents lost an initial case to move the body to their family cemetery and are now appealing.

Quote of note, from Meredith Curtis of the American Civil Liberties Union, regarding the case:

“Certainly, we think that Mr. Olive’s [Groff's partner] case exemplifies all the myriad problems that can result when the law treats gay partners as legal strangers,” she said, “when in fact they’re not strangers at all.”

There's that term again "legal stranger." I've been on the receiving end of it, from a judge talking about me and our son.

The lack of legal recognition of gay families hurts real people, as in this case.