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.
Of course, but at the same time, there are no doubt severe miscarriages of justice taking place every day in the country.
I know a child who was placed in the home of her biological father, who prior bring his request for custody to the court, had hardly ever exercised his visitation. The child was then molested by her stepbrother, stepbrother admitted it to police, and the judge placed her back in that home just the same. He order that she not be left alone with stepbrother, but she was still left alone with him on numerous occasions.
That’s just one.
Okay, but when the FBI catches up with Ms. Miller, her claim to custody will be complicated as she will end up in jail.
And those who are aiding her will find themselves in some legal trouble.
“She is the biological mother. She has raised her from day one.”
“The other woman has no familial ties to the child whatsoever.”
That is not the way the the courts have viewed this case and having a criminal conviction is not going help Ms. Miller’s case.
The biological mother is the one I say TFB to.
Yeah but if she was your sister you would tell her to run like the wind with her child. I’m amazed that her lesbian “partner” got her day in court. The idiot judge needs to be investigated
If I’m this woman I’m thinking about fleeing US jurisdiction because the mother-child relationship always comes first before what any any black robed jackass has to say
Yeah. Courts are never wrong.
And the “criminal conviction,” if it comes, will not read “armed robbery” or “possession of a controlled substance.” It will be because she loves and cares for her child.
This child has no idea who the other woman is. To forcibly remove her from her mother’s (her MOTHER’S) home and force her to live with this stranger is a nightmare. It is child abuse.
No no no. We must always obey the diktats of our robed masters, doncha know?
She is in violation of a court order from a state that was willing to issue her a marriage license. No one forced her to “get married” and no one forced her to have a child. Now she wants to say that she doesn’t have to follow the rules of that the state and its judiciary.
This makes the fifth time this story has been posted. Not griping, but a search would find it.
In the state of VT where gay marriage is considered legal the “spouse” has rights. This isn’t judicial tyranny. She was willing to partake in the benefits that this state was willing to offer her now she gets to deal with the aftermath of her choices.
The joke of course being that you need a permit to exercise a God-given right.
“Now she wants to say that she doesnt have to follow the rules of that the state and its judiciary.”
Yep, and God bless her. She finally realized that the law were twisted and wrong and therefore freed herself from them. May she continue to live freely with her child.
Depends on where you live but most judges are politically appointed hacks.....Connected lawyers who want to put in 10 years to get a Gov’t pension.
Places I’m familiar with you have to bribe the right people via campaign donations (outright cash payoffs in ye old days and even now) to get a judge appointment. Think 5-10 thousand dollars
Even brothels have rules, doesn't mean you have to stay there and keep them.
Besides, there is a child involved. The child's welfare is more important than abiding by immoral "rules."
uh....she HAD the Baby....the other lesbian had NOTHING to do with the pregnancy!! THAT should be enough!
The lesbian "spouse"?
Who did not bear the child should get the child?
The real mother is the one who went through pregnancy and her lesbian partner/spouse is a minor player
Yet the judge said the child should be with the non-child bearing partner?
Seems like perverted justice to me.
Tell me where I am wrong
"Two wrongs don't make a right."
I think Jenkins was allowed to adopt the girl. That’s where the problem lies.
Just for the record, I am in full support of the bio-mom and if asked, would have gladly helped her go into hiding. The fact that there was some sort of adoption does not outweigh the perversion of homosexual relationships.
I think Jenkins was allowed to adopt the girl. That’s where the problem lies.
Just for the record, I am in full support of the bio-mom and if asked, would have gladly helped her go into hiding. The fact that there was some sort of adoption does not outweigh the perversion of homosexual relationships.
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