[nina0113]

Did she adopt the baby? If she did she is a parent... and the courts cannot adjure her rights.

She did not, and Virginia State Law specifically directs the courts to ignore any civil-union/marriage in making adjudications.

[bjorn14]

Read my tagline....’nuf said.

[bjorn14]

Read my tagline....’nuf said.

[CharlesWayneCT]

She did not, and Virginia State Law specifically directs the courts to ignore any civil-union/marriage in making adjudications.

Yes, the other woman is the legal guardian of the child, with a legally enforceable adoption, fully separate from the issue of the legal civil union (which Virginia does not recognise).

The legal adoption lead to the other woman being granted court-ordered visitation, and the refusal of the birth mother to honor that court order that lead to this new ruling.

Virginia courts are not prone to agreeing to illegal acts.