Difference between revisions of "Further Topics and Overlapping Legal Issues in Family Law"

<blockquote>Applications by biological mother and mother's lesbian partner for custody and child support. Parties had three year common-law relationship in which mother remained at home and partner worked outside the home. Both acted as parents to child, and following separation, partner exercised liberal access to child. Child later, by agreement, going to live mostly with partner. Court finding child to have benefited from care of both women, and ordering joint custody with primary residence of child to mother based on blood tie. Negligible access given to father in light of history of disinterest in child. No weight given to mother's sexual orientation.</blockquote>