While a woman discussed adopting a child and being parents with her same-sex partner, the agreement did not survive their breakup, a judge ruled.
In one of the first applications of a 2016 ruling that broadened the definition of “parenthood” in New York to encompass more unmarried, same-sex partners, acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Frank Nervo denied Kelly Gunn’s attempt to assert joint custody over the child her ex-partner, Circe Hamilton, adopted in 2011.
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