Ohio Anti-Gay Amendment Does Not Invalidate Parental Rights Court Told

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Lawyers for an Ohio woman battling her former partner for joint custody rights to their child have told a judge that the ex-partner is wrong in alleging that the state's amendment banning gay marriage invalidates the right to co-parent.

Therese Fairchild is suing to have former partner Denise Fairchild ordered to abide by a court-approved joint custody agreement entered into in 2001.

Denise Fairchild had the boy by artificial insemination.

At her request, the Franklin County Domestic Relations Court gave Therese Fairchild parenting rights in 2001, saying the women "shall be treated in the law as two equal parents of their minor child."