{"id":1832,"date":"2017-03-15T04:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:19:45","slug":"judge-gives-custody-to-1-dad-2-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/judge-gives-custody-to-1-dad-2-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge gives custody to 1 dad, 2 moms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mod-inline media \">\n<figure class=\"crop-photo image\" style=\"background-image: url('http:\/\/static.lakana.com\/nxsglobal\/feedsite\/photo\/2016\/12\/22\/Generic%20gavel%201_14754976_ver1.0_640_360.jpg');\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"modal-magnify-photo-\" class=\"reveal-modal\" data-reveal=\"\" aria-labelledby=\"modalTitle\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\">\n<figure class=\"media\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.lakana.com\/nxsglobal\/feedsite\/photo\/2016\/12\/22\/Generic%20gavel%201_14754976_ver1.0_640_360.jpg\" alt=\"Judge gives custody to 1 dad, 2 moms\"\/><small class=\"copyright\">Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images<\/small>\n                                             <\/div><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"close-reveal-modal\" aria-label=\"Close\"><i class=\"fa fa-close\"\/><\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- Geocode starts --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- Geocode ends --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- related story headlines starts --><br \/>\n                                            <!-- related story headlines ends --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- related story headlines starts --><br \/>\n                        <!-- begin: RELATED STORIES FLOAT RIGHT--><\/p>\n<aside class=\"mod-inline headlines right\">\n<h4>Related content<\/h4>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- end: RELATED STORIES FLOAT RIGHT--><!-- related story headlines ends --><!-- story body starts --><\/p>\n<p>(CNN) &#8211; An unconventional family produced a child before becoming tangled in a lengthy custody battle that ended last week when a New York judge awarded shared custody of the boy to his father and two mothers.<\/p>\n<p>The boy in the case is the biological child of a man and one of his neighbors. Both the man and his wife had a longstanding, intimate relationship with the birth mother, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The father, identified as Michael M., and his wife, Dawn M., had struggled to become pregnant. Dawn M. had suffered a miscarriage before the couple met the neighbor, identified as Audria. The three later began to &#8220;engage in intimate relations,&#8221; the records state.<\/p>\n<p>They considered themselves a family for years, and planned to raise a child together, attorney Karen Silverman said. Audria eventually gave birth to a boy. But around a year after he was born, she and Dawn left the home they shared with Michael &#8212; and moved in together. They took the child with them. Dawn and Michael filed for divorce in 2011, Silverman said.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tJudge: Boy loves his father and two mothers<\/h3>\n<p>The 10-year-old boy now primarily lives with the two women, according to Silverman, who represented Dawn in the divorce and custody dispute. Dawn wanted to have legal rights as a parent, even if she is not a biological one, Silverman said.<\/p>\n<p>Audria was in favor of the tri-custody agreement but Michael was not, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Patrick Leis III took the unusual step of awarding shared custody rights to both biological parents and Dawn. In his written opinion, the judge said the agreement was critical to the child&#8217;s well-being, because the child thinks of both Audria and Dawn as his mothers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(He) is a well adjusted 10-year-old boy who loves his father and his two mothers,&#8221; Leis wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To order anything other than joint custody could potentially facilitate the plaintiff&#8217;s removal from (the boy&#8217;s) life and that would have a devastating consequence to this child.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- story body ends --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brproud.com\/news\/national\/judge-gives-custody-to-1-dad-2-moms\/672045876\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/url\/js\/jquery-1.8.3.min.js\"><\/script> <script id=\"lead_force_script\" data-campaign_id=\"5449\" data-campaign_slug=\"domxxxx\" data-campaign_user=\"simonlongster\" data-campaign_id=\"5449\" data-campaign_link=\"http:\/\/elementio.io\/url\/simonlongster\/domxxxx?id=5449\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/script\/loader.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/dashboard\/js\/moment.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/dashboard\/assets\/js\/external.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/dashboard\/js\/bootstrap.min.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/elementio.io\/dashboard\/bootstrap\/js\/avgrund.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/gsap\/latest\/TweenMax.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/cdn.rawgit.com\/hilios\/jQuery.countdown\/2.0.4\/dist\/jquery.countdown.min.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images Related content (CNN) &#8211; An unconventional family produced a child before becoming tangled in a lengthy custody battle that ended last week when a New York judge awarded shared custody of the boy to his father and two mothers. 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