Posted on 01/01/2010 2:04:35 PM PST by Skooz
A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter, an attorney said Friday.
A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the Falls Church, Va., home of Jenkins' parents.
Miller did not show up with the girl, said Sarah Star, Jenkins' Vermont-based attorney. Jenkins has notified Fairfax County, Va., police that Isabella is missing, Star said.
"She's very disappointed, obviously," Star said. "She's very concerned about Isabella and asks that if anybody sees Isabella, that they please contact the authorities."
Quantcast Miller and Jenkins were joined in a Vermont civil union in 2000. Isabella was born to Miller through artificial insemination in 2002. The couple broke up in 2003, and Miller moved to Virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian.
When Vermont Family Court Judge William Cohen dissolved the couple's civil union, he awarded custody to Miller but granted liberal visitation rights to Jenkins.
The supreme courts of Virginia and Vermont ruled in favor of Jenkins, saying the case was the same as a custody dispute between a heterosexual couple. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear arguments on it.
Cohen awarded custody to Jenkins on Nov. 20 after finding Miller in contempt of court for denying Jenkins access to the girl. The judge said the only way to ensure equal access to the child was to switch custody.
But Cohen also noted that it appeared Miller had stopped speaking to her attorneys and "disappeared" with the child.
Miller's last known address is in Forest, Va. A telephone number listed for her at that address rang unanswered Friday.
Her attorney, Mathew D. Staver, the law school dean at Liberty University, did not respond to a request through an assistant for comment.
Why the the decision "right?"
Because, I'm a conservative as are the SCOTUS Justices that I named.
And as conservatives, we believe that contracts between adults should be fulfilled and that the SCOTUS should respect State's Rights.
Because, I'm a conservative as are the SCOTUS Justices that I named.
And as conservatives, we believe that contracts between adults should be fulfilled and that the SCOTUS should respect State's Rights.
“I believe the woman NEVER exercised visitation from the time the child was a year old until some gay rights group got her to start making a fuss.”
Absolutely Correct. She showed NO interest whatever in the child until she was approached by radical homosexual activists, who had to convince her to fight for custody. The whole goal was, obviously to get the girl exposed to homosexual lifestyles as early as possible. They saw it as a huge opportunity and Jenkins went along w/it. It was also reported that Jenkins forced the child to take baths w/her, where she (Jenkins) had started “openly masturbating.”. Jenkins also reportedly denigrates her religion on these visits.
There is apparently a pending case in the Virginia Appeals Court where Miller’s side is attempting to have the judgments against Miller vacated, by arguing that since VA does not recognize civil unions, it cannot recognize any judgments that stem from these invalid relationships. Therefore the judgment of transferring custody to Jenkins is not enforceable at all in Virginia. Sounds interesting, we will see what happens.
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