A lesbian couple has been fighting for custody of their daughter after their split 5 years ago and finally the Supreme Court declined without comment to take the case, letting the Washington State Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the non-biological mother of the girl stand.
She will now be allowed to maintain contact with the 11 year old girl.
The two women started dating in 1990 and their daughter was born in '95. They broke up in 2001 and the biological mother didn't want her ex to see "her" daughter anymore. Too bad she was her mother as well.
I cannot imagine how two people who have loved each other for over a decade, have decided to have a child together and raised that same child, together, for over 5 years, end up hating one another so much that one would deny the other the right to see their offspring.
I can't imagine Ray and I ever splitting up, but if it happened, I cannot fathom either of us denying the other the right to see our kids, no matter how much we despised each other (it pains me to even write those words hypothetically).
It's really sad if you think about it. That poor girl has already been through so much in her short lifespan. Let's just hope their mothers saved up some money to pay for her therapy when the time comes, 'cause I'm sure she'll need it.
I'm very happy that the Supreme Court let the previous ruling stand. Both justice and the interests of the child were upheld yesterday.
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I can't imagine us splitting up, either. (But if we do, let's do it before we spend all that money on the wedding....)
If it were ever to happen, we can't let out anger at each other be detrimental to the kids. They would have to come first.
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