For the gay press, this case is about discrimination against a gay 'mother' who never adopted a non-biological child.
For the rest of us it raises the question: what happens when the law gives romantic partners legal rights over our children?
Lambda Legal: 'Today the Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments in Lambda Legal's case defending Michele Hobbs, a lesbian mother who was denied access to her child when she and her former partner, the biological mother, ended their relationship.'
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Do Girlfriends and Boyfriends have Rights to Your Child?
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I think one one hand, we can be deeply sympathetic to anyone who help raises a child on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteBut biological grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other relatives do NOT have have legal rights to grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. There is no guarantee if a child is in need a foster care, that a child is placed with kin, even thought agencies make it a priority to keep child with kin. First through, there has to be an evaluation from the state.
This child has a dad, the choice to remove all parental obligations from the man doesn't give any other caregiver any more right, then let's say a maternal uncle, who may play as a primary male relative in a child's life.