California Court of Appeal

The trial court lacked authority to order a lesbian partner in a same-sex relationship to pay child support when the partner is not the biological or adoptive mother of the children; plaintiff is not a parent of the twins under the Uniform Parentage Act and is not liable for their support.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2004
• Published 05/20/2004

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hanke & Williams and Shelly L. Hanke, Garden Grove, for Petitioner., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, James M. Humes, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Frank S. Furtek and Mary Dahlberg, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest El Dorado County., Valerie Ackerman, San Francisco, for National Center for Youth Law;  Alice Bussiere for Youth Law Center;  and Shannan Wilber for Legal Services for Children as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.