- 17 Feb 2023 06:27
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A judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a sperm donor should have custody of a child that was being raised by a lesbian couple.
Quick background of the case:
A woman made an agreement with a man for that man to be a sperm donor so the woman could have a baby.
The agreement did not say anything about another woman.
About 8 months later, the woman entered a lesbian marriage with another woman.
She was already 6 months pregnant at the time of the marriage.
When the child was born, both women's names were placed on the child's birth certificate.
The two women raised the boy together for more than two years before the end of their marriage. The first woman (the biological mother) then entered a relationship with and moved in with the man who was the sperm donor, and got a Victim Protective Order against the second woman.
The biological mother wanted to raise the child in a new family, and didn't want her former partner involved the child's life. The two together (man and biological mother) were now seeking legal status as the child's parents.
So basically there is the biological mother, but also two other people contending for the custody rights over the child - the sperm donor, whom the biological mother now wanted to enter into a family relationship with, and the lesbian woman had been part of the child's family and raised the child as a baby.
The judge said that one of the factors in his decision was that the other woman did not legally adopt the child.
"I can tell you that that brings a lot of anger and emotion on me," a Miss Williams tearfully told a reporter.
The lesbian former parent is now trying to appeal the case to the state's Supreme Court.
Her argument is that same-sex couples shouldn't have to adopt their own kids to be granted parental rights, since that is not required of men who are part of heterosexual couples.
Court orders mother to hand custody of son to sperm donor, The Independent, Gustaf Kilander, February 2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 83094.html
Quick background of the case:
A woman made an agreement with a man for that man to be a sperm donor so the woman could have a baby.
The agreement did not say anything about another woman.
About 8 months later, the woman entered a lesbian marriage with another woman.
She was already 6 months pregnant at the time of the marriage.
When the child was born, both women's names were placed on the child's birth certificate.
The two women raised the boy together for more than two years before the end of their marriage. The first woman (the biological mother) then entered a relationship with and moved in with the man who was the sperm donor, and got a Victim Protective Order against the second woman.
The biological mother wanted to raise the child in a new family, and didn't want her former partner involved the child's life. The two together (man and biological mother) were now seeking legal status as the child's parents.
So basically there is the biological mother, but also two other people contending for the custody rights over the child - the sperm donor, whom the biological mother now wanted to enter into a family relationship with, and the lesbian woman had been part of the child's family and raised the child as a baby.
The judge said that one of the factors in his decision was that the other woman did not legally adopt the child.
"I can tell you that that brings a lot of anger and emotion on me," a Miss Williams tearfully told a reporter.
The lesbian former parent is now trying to appeal the case to the state's Supreme Court.
Her argument is that same-sex couples shouldn't have to adopt their own kids to be granted parental rights, since that is not required of men who are part of heterosexual couples.
Court orders mother to hand custody of son to sperm donor, The Independent, Gustaf Kilander, February 2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 83094.html
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