Child custody battle results from lesbian “divorce”

A former lesbian is battling her former “lover” in court for the custody of a child she had as a result of artificial insemination. A judge in Vermont, where the “couple” previously obtained a “civil union” contract, actually believes the lesbian bringing the case has “rights” as a parent, despite the fact that she had absolutely nothing to do with the child’s birth and never sought a second-parent adoption.

The case may provide a sad look into the future – where children are the spoils of broken homosexual relationships, resulting from society’s willingness to sanction immorality.

A Vermont judge’s decision to name a lesbian as a legal parent of a 2-year-old does not change the case much, at least from Frederick County’s perspective.

Attorneys on both sides of the custody dispute are sticking to the arguments they have made all along, even after Vermont Family Court Judge William Cohen issued his ruling last week, because Frederick County Circuit Court has consistently ignored [Vermont judge] Cohen’s actions thus far.

In August, Frederick County Judge John R. Prosser determined he has the right to hear the case because the child, Isabella Miller-Jenkins, is a resident of Frederick County, as is her biological mother, Lisa Miller.

Prosser later ruled that Miller should have full custody of Isabella, because Virginia does not recognize the civil unions of homosexual couples.

Miller and her former partner, Janet Miller-Jenkins, exchanged vows in a civil union ceremony four years ago in Vermont. Through artificial insemination, Miller conceived and gave birth to Isabella in Virginia in 2002.

Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to Vermont with Isabella, who they planned to raise together. But Miller returned to Virginia in September 2003 as her relationship with Miller-Jenkins came to an end.

As the civil union dissolved, a custody dispute began in Vermont, where Miller-Jenkins still lives. A similar case was then filed in Virginia.

Cohen’s ruling puts Miller-Jenkins on the same legal ground as Miller, even though Miller-Jenkins was not the biological parent of Isabella and had not formally adopted her.

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The Winchester Star