A split appellate court has recognized the validity of a breach of contract claim filed by a partner in a longtime unmarried lesbian relationship who claimed she had quit her job to care for the couple’s children in exchange for a share of the couple’s assets and the working partner’s retirement benefits.

A 3-1 panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, reinstated the claim of Laura Dee.

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