Gay father wins joint custody of children
A gay man has won joint custody of the two children he had through artficial insemination with a lesbian couple.
The company director, of Sussex, had been battling the children’s lesbian mother and her civil partner over where they should live.
The lesbian mother had two children, now aged seven and ten, with the man after he advertised in a gay magazine to become a father.
The father’s original advertisement said he was a solvent man who had “everything but kids”. It added that he wished for “a little involvement” as a father.
A previous ruling granted the father a joint residency order but the mother, who cannot be named, challenged it at the Court of Appeal.
However, she lost and the father will be given custody of the children for 152 days a year, the court ruled.
Lady Justice Black, who made the ruling, urged the parents to “put aside their differences” for the sake of their children - pinknews.co.uk