Supreme Court: Lesbian mom must share parental status with ex

[alp227]

(02-23) 17:39 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- In a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, a Bay Area woman has won the right to parental status and visits with the daughter of her former lesbian partner, who moved out when the girl was 3 months old.

The high court denied review Monday of an appeal by the birth mother, identified only as Kristina S., who challenged her former partner's right to be considered a parent. Kristina's lawyers, from the religious conservative group Liberty Counsel, argued that recognizing parental status after a few months of care violated a mother's right to control her child's upbringing.

The court left intact a June 2009 ruling by a state appeals court in San Francisco that said Kristina's partner, identified as Charisma R., had been fully involved in conceiving and taking care of the child and was legally her co-parent. The ruling also allows her to argue for reimbursement of the costs of traveling to Texas, where Kristina lives with their now 6-year-old daughter, Amalia.

"I love my daughter dearly, and I am relieved the courts have recognized that children born to same-sex couples deserve the emotional, financial and physical support of both their parents," Charisma said in a statement released by her lawyers at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/23/BA0N1C611Q.DTL

Read this: "religious conservative group Liberty Counsel". Yep, a group opposed to gay parental rights AND marriage rights!

The Supreme Court case is Kristina S. vs. Charisma R., 09-677.

[Nikki Stone1]

1. Good.

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[Maru Kitteh]

2. Good! When you have a baby with someone you don't just get to run off in a snit

and say you've changed your mind about "allowing" the other parent to be involved in their kids life.

[orion007]

3. Kristina S and Lisa Miller are 2 fucked up selfish woman

who are shameless for using RW religious groups to aid their cause.
They are not only a disgrace to gay woman, but to all woman who believe in civil rights.
I pray someone turns Lisa Miller in, that woman needs some time behind bars, how dare she..
Two woman who don't give a dam about their daughters, selfish bitches.

[alp227]

4. Re Lisa Miller/arrest:

http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2010/02/arrest-ordered-for-lisa-miller-its.html