Ohio: Mother Wins Battle to Keep Sole Custody of Child in Same-Gender Dispute

Liberty Counsel: Today the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld lower court rulings that a biological mother, Kelly Mullen, who had allowed her same-sex partner, Michele Hobbs, to “coparent” Mullen’s daughter while the two women were in a relationship, did not permanently give up her right to exclusive custody of the child. The court ruled that it was a revocable relationship and did not create a permanent shared custody agreement with the partner.