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Lesbian Challenges Court Ruling That She's Not Legal Parent
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lesbian is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to recognize her as a legal parent of a child born during her marriage to a woman.
Chris Strickland filed an appeal Thursday, arguing a lower court was wrong to rule in her 2016 divorce that only her ex-wife is the child's legal parent.
Strickland's ex-wife, now named Kimberly Day, gave birth to a son conceived with an anonymous sperm donor.
Strickland and Day chose to have the child while they were married, and Strickland says she and Day have shared responsibilities in raising him.
Read more: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jun/02/lesbian-challenges-court-ruling-shes-not-legal-par/