Missouri Appeals Court Rejects Lesbian Co-Parent Custody and Child Support Claims
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by Parenting Advice News
A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled on June 23 that a lesbian co-parent’s attempt to establish legal ties with the child born to her former partner could not be entertained on the merits under Missouri’s archaic family law, and that she also could not seek financial support from her former partner for the child whom she bore during their relationship. The court noted but never mentioned any significance of the fact that both children were conceived with
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