From glpcinat@ix.netcom.com  Wed Jun 21 18:37:14 1995
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 18:51:52 -0700
Subject: Wisconsin Win for Lesbian Co-parent

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled June 13 that a lesbian co-parent may 
seek visitation rights with the child she was raising with her former 
domestic partner.  This was a donor insemination baby that was jointly 
planned for by the co-parents; then when the child was five years old 
the biological mother terminated the relationship and later excluded 
her former partner from any contact with the child.  The court, 
basically overruling its negative precedent on this same issue from 
1991, split 4-3 in holding that the co-parent can proceed with the 
case, invoking the equitable powers of the court to make a decision in 
the best interest of the child.