Child Custody, Visitation & Relocation

FORMER SAME-SEX PARTNER OF A CHILD’S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER CANNOT CLAIM SHE IS ENTITLED TO CUSTODY OF THE CHILD

FORMER SAME-SEX PARTNER OF A CHILD’S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER CANNOT CLAIM SHE IS ENTITLED TO CUSTODY OF THE CHILD

The former same-sex partner of a child’s biological mother cannot claim she is entitled to custody of the child since she has no biological connection to him, nor has she legally adopted him, the state Superior Court has ruled.

The court affirmed a Centre County trial judge’s opinion in C.G. v. J.H. The judge had found that C.G., who had been in a relationship with the biological mother of a son born in Florida through artificial insemination, was not entitled to custody of the boy because she was not legally considered a parent.

Reference: P.J. D’Annunzio, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Vol. XL, NO. 42, October 17, 2017, C.G. v. J.H., PICS No. 17-1569

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