COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After the celebration of the Supreme Court ruling on June 26, same-sex couples in Ohio started tackling questions about their health insurance, adoptions and birth records.

Ohio law is filled with gender-specific references that will complicate some of the legal issues that come up. On Wednesday, lawyers and judges across the state participated in an online panel discussion on the after-effects of the SCOTUS ruling.

Among the panelists was Delaware county probate judge David Hejmanowski, who says there are dozens of gender specific references in Ohio law–including adoption law.

“It says a single adult can adopt someone and it says a husband and wife together may adopt,” he explained. “And so that language, because it’s gender specific, becomes a major issue for us.”

Rick Neal and Tom Grote were married two years ago in Massachusetts. They’ve been raising two girls – but the law allowed only one single adult to adopt. So the spaces for a mother’s name on their birth certificates are blank, and Tom is listed as the father.

“in the eyes of the court, I’ve been a legal stranger to the girls up until now,” Neal said. “So I have to petition the court and fill out a lot of paperwork…which we’re happy to do.”

Using the step-parent statute, Rick will now be able to legally add his name to the birth certificates.

With same-sex marriages will also come divorce and questions about the division of assets. Attorney Jennifer Branch said this issue may be one for domestic relations courts to sort out.

“Is the date of the marriage the day they got the piece of paper because the law changed, or is the date of the marriage 20 years ago when they committed to each other and started co-mingling money and children and their lives together?” she asked.