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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com November 09, 2010
SCOTUS Rejects Fugitive Mom's Custody Case
By Michelle Garcia
LISA MILLER JANET JENKINS X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case regarding a woman
attempting to retain full custody of her biological daughter after several
state courts granted custody to her former lesbian partner.
Janet Jenkins has been granted custody of 8-year-old Isabella Miller-Jenkins
by the Vermont family court, Vermont supreme court, as well as the Virginia
supreme court.
However, the girl has been in hiding with her biological mother, Lisa Miller
, for more than a year. Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down an appeal
from Miller, who wanted a reversal to a Virginia court decision that
allowed Jenkins at least partial custody rights for their daughter,
according to the Associated Press.
The women were joined in a civil union in 2000, followed by the birth of
Isabella. They separated in 2003, causing Miller to move to Virginia with
Isabella. Due to Vermont civil union law, the courts have held that Jenkins
does have the right to visitation, and Virginia courts have also upheld that
law.
However, because Miller failed to comply with the Vermont Family Court's
visitation order, she is being held in contempt, and the courts have granted
full custody to Jenkins, according to the Gay and Lesbian Advocates &
Defenders, which represented Jenkins in court along with Vermont attorney
Sarah R. Star.
Miller is represented by the Liberty Counsel. |
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