Va. won’t relent on lesbian custody

Judge cites Marriage Affirmation Act in ruling
The Washington Blade
August 27, 2004
By Bryan Anderton
WINCHESTER, Va. - A Virginia judge ruled this week that the state will keep jurisdiction in a custody case involving two separated lesbian mothers who were joined in a Vermont civil union, despite a Vermont ruling that already grants both women co-parenting rights.
In […]

Cruel and Predictable

The Washinton Post
August 27, 2004
LIKE MANY marriages, the union of Lisa Miller-Jenkins and Janet Miller-Jenkins didn’t work out. And like many children involved in divorce proceedings, their daughter, Isabella, born to Lisa two years ago through artificial insemination, was caught in a nasty custody dispute. But Isabella also has been caught in the nasty politics […]

Revoke the 2004 Affirmation of Marriage Act

The Loudoun Times-Mirror
August 25, 2004
By David Jarman, Virginia Organizing Project, James City County
Like a large portion of the public, I’m a little confused about the current debate nationally about gay marriage and its marriage-lite alternatives of civil unions and domestic partnerships.
I’m happy about the defeat in the U.S. Senate of the Federal Marriage Amendment, as […]

Vt. Same-Sex Unions Null in Va., Judge Rules

Case Seen as Test of Parent Rights
The Washington Post
August 25, 2004
By S. Mitra Kalita
A Winchester judge ruled yesterday that Virginia has jurisdiction over a complex custody battle between a toddler’s biological mother and her former lesbian lover after the couple wed in Vermont and then split up. The decision dealt a blow to gay-rights advocates […]

Custody case puts Va. law on trial

‘Marriage Affirmation Act’ invalidates Vt. civil union, ‘ex-lesbian’ mom claims
The Washington Blade
August 20, 2004
By Adrian Brune
The story rings familiar with couples in the throes of the family court system: Two people fall in love, get married and have a child together, only to separate years later with a judge left to decide the child?s custodial […]

Girl Caught in Lesbian Custody Fight

The Winchester Star
August 14, 2004
By Andrew Martel
Two women who once loved each other must wait at least another week for a judge to rule who is the legal parent of the little girl they had planned to raise together.
They will not be the only ones waiting.
The custody dispute between Janet Miller-Jenkins and Lisa Miller-Jenkins, who […]