http://www.mombian.com/2005/08/23/36/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2005/08/23/36/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Non-Bio Moms Who Have Lost Custody Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:25:05 +0000 http://saltysnack.net/blog/mombian/?p=36#comment-42 [...] One of my readers has asked about resources for non-bio moms who have lost custody or had their children taken by bio moms. The National Center for Lesbian Rights has published a list of cases involving custody rights, not all of which ruled favorably towards the non-bio mom. They also report on a decision by the Washington State Supreme Court stating that a woman who agrees to have a child with her same-sex partner has all the rights and responsibilities of a legal parent. (This follows a similar California ruling that I wrote about in August.) [...] [...] One of my readers has asked about resources for non-bio moms who have lost custody or had their children taken by bio moms. The National Center for Lesbian Rights has published a list of cases involving custody rights, not all of which ruled favorably towards the non-bio mom. They also report on a decision by the Washington State Supreme Court stating that a woman who agrees to have a child with her same-sex partner has all the rights and responsibilities of a legal parent. (This follows a similar California ruling that I wrote about in August.) [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2005/08/23/36/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » New Non-Bio Mom Rights in Washington; Necessary but Not Sufficient Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:31:32 +0000 http://saltysnack.net/blog/mombian/?p=36#comment-22 [...] This is certainly better than a ruling to the contrary, but doesn’t go as far as California’s August ruling that lesbian partners who have children while they are a couple are both entitled, and required, to be treated as the children’s parents. Nor does it come close to a New Jersey ruling that allowed a lesbian couple to put both the bio and non-bio moms’ names on their child’s birth certificate, without needing an adoption, thus securing both their rights from the moment of birth. [...] [...] This is certainly better than a ruling to the contrary, but doesn’t go as far as California’s August ruling that lesbian partners who have children while they are a couple are both entitled, and required, to be treated as the children’s parents. Nor does it come close to a New Jersey ruling that allowed a lesbian couple to put both the bio and non-bio moms’ names on their child’s birth certificate, without needing an adoption, thus securing both their rights from the moment of birth. [...]

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