The Ohio Supreme Court, Tuesday, upheld lower court rulings that a biological mother, who acknowledged her same-sex partner as a “co-parent” of her daughter while the two women were in a relationship, did not permanently give up her sole custody of the child to create legal shared custody with the partner.
The Court’s summary further stated “the 4-3 decision authored by Justice Robert R. Cupp, affirmed a 1st District Court of Appeals ruling that competent, credible evidence supported the Hamilton County Juvenile Court’s judgment that although Kelly Mullen of Cincinnati shared the responsibilities of parenting her daughter Lucy with former partner Michele Hobbs while the women lived together, Mullen’s actions did not confer on Hobbs a permanent right to shared custody of Lucy after her relationship with Mullen ended.” ( Court’s decision )
The Enquirer and Columbus Dispatch both had articles.
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