Virginia Supreme Court restores power of Vermont in lesbians’ civil union, child custody battle
“I’m relieved that this tug-of-war with my daughter is over…. This has been a very long four years. My daughter and I need some time to be together. She needs her other mom.”
From a statement by Janet Jenkins whose former, legally-recognized parter, Lisa Miller, fled from Vermont to Virginia to avoid the court-granted visitation rights of Jenkins to their daugther, Isabella, who they had been raising together. The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned an earlier lower Virginia court’s decision that allowed the state’s anti-gay marriage law to be used to declare Miller as the sole parent. It has been reported that Jenkins had declared that she was no longer a lesbian, as well. (Lambda Legal)
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