Three Parents as Good as Two for Boy With Lesbian Mothers and Gay Father

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/9143717/Three-parents-as-good-as-two-for-boy-with-lesbian-mothers-and-gay-father-court-rules.html

In an “unusual if not unique” case, three Appeal Court judges ruled that the father should not be treated as a “secondary” parent because his son was living with two women. They found that three parents can be as good as two.

The case, which hinged on questions of “biology, human nature and the hand of fate”, highlighted the difficulty of determining the best interests of children born into “alternative” families.

It proved, according to one of the judges, Lady Justice Black, the impossibility of drawing up overarching legal guidance to deal with such families.

The court heard that the biological mother, known as MD, her lesbian partner, known as AR, and the father, DN, are all wealthy London professionals.