[2banana]

The mother says she was never a surrogate and that she, the father - once a close friend who worked for her - and his live-in lover intended to raise the child as a parental trio.

"I just hadn't met the right guy yet," said Courtney St. Clement, 52, who had never been identified in the press or spoken out about her experiences.

"They held out that they had a lot of money, and at the time, I felt like I was marrying a doctor. They said, 'We're a family.' We were supposed to all live together, but we didn't get that far."

It won't be long until a court deems a "trio" a valid marriage.

[Aquinasfan]

she, the father - once a close friend who worked for her - and his live-in lover intended to raise the child as a parental trio.

Hey, why not three parents? Or 4? Or... you get the idea.

[Ciexyz]

What's wrong with a trio as a marriage? Rosie and Madonna and Britney all together raising a kid...that's progress! (/sarcasm off)