1. Does your state have a civil union statute? If so, would you describe the civil union law? What is your opinion regarding civil union statutes? Should more states adopt them? 2. Does your state have a definition of marriage? If so, what is the legal definition in the state law? 3. Does your state still have “heart balm” statutes? If so, what are they? If not, what are the provisions of the law that has abolished these statutes? 4. Does your state have a simplified adoption procedure for stepparent adoptions, relative adoptions, custodial adoptions, or kinship adoptions? If so, describe the procedure. 5. Does your state have a "revalidation" procedure for international adoptions? 6. What are the time limits to set aside an adoption or for an annulment of an adoption in your state? 7. Does your state have a law that allows adults to be adopted? 8. Does your state have a confidential intermediary procedure that allows a birth parent to contact an adopted child?