Visitation OK'd after same-sex relationship ends (Arkansas)

[theHandpuppet]

Some good news for a change, even as some knuckledraggers in this country are determined to deny us even the least shreds of dignity.

http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/feb/17/visitation-okd-after-same-sex-relationship-ends/?nwa-state

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the award of visitation rights to a woman whose partner in a same-sex relationship gave birth to a child, a ruling the court says follows the law even though Arkansas has outlawed homosexual marriage.

In a ruling Thursday, the high court said Emily Jones of Perry County was entitled to visit with the child — designated only by her initials E.B. in the decision — because she had been the girl's primary caregiver for the 3 ½ years of her life before Jones and the girl's biological mother, Alicia Bethany, ended their relationship. The court said Jones stood in the capacity of a parent in her role as primary care-giver.

Bethany appealed a ruling by a Perry County judge that granted Jones visitation rights.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

1. Good to See This...

it's about time that same-sex spouses/partners, even exes, gain some rights.