Article: Lesbian `Ex' Gets Visitation Rights

RALPH SIEGEL, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-07-2000
Lesbian `Ex' Gets Visitation Rights

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Advocates for gay rights are praising a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that lesbian partners who raise children have the same custodial rights as any parent.

The court unanimously ruled that a lesbian who helped raise her then-lover's twins was a ``psychological parent'' with legal standing akin to the biological mother. The court granted her visitation now that the couple has split up.

``It is really a groundbreaking decision,'' said Michael Adams of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. ``The issue here is that once you have a ...

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