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Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller Loses Appeal to Prevent Transfer of Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner
LifeSiteNews.com – November 2, 2010
Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller Loses Appeal to Prevent Transfer of Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner
U.S. Supreme Court decision on Virginia appeal expected Friday
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
MONTPELIER, Vermont – Ex-lesbian Lisa Miller has lost an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court to overturn a ruling transferring custody of her daughter to her former lesbian partner.
According to Miller attorney Rena Lindevaldsen, the court refused to address the issue of Miller’s constitutional rights as a parent, and claimed that the transfer of eight-year-old Isabella to her mother’s former lesbian lover was in the child’s best interests.
“It’s disappointing that after seven years of litigation, that no court has in any state has ever addressed Lisa’s fundamental parental rights,” Lindevaldsen told LifeSiteNews. “And so as we stand right now we have an order stripping her of custody, and never having addressed her right as a parent to raise her child.”
Lindevaldsen said that Miller’s legal team is currently awaiting a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal in a related case in Virginia, where courts have decided to accept a custody transfer order issued in Vermont. She added that if that appeal fails or is denied, they will consider another Supreme Court appeal based on today’s decision in Vermont.