Non-bio, non-adoptive parents beware
dallasvoice.comIn June 2022, I argued In the Interest of N.H., a Child, a case out of Harris County (Houston) to the 14th Court of Appeals, and on July 14 the court released its opinion, reversing and rendering the trial court’s award of possessory conservatorship to my client, a non-biological and non-adoptive parent of a little girl who is now 6 years old.
The opinion refers to my client as “Ex-Girlfriend,” which is accurate, as the parties never married. But let’s not forget, however, that the ability to marry was pretty new, and not all same-sex couples rushed out to get married immediately.
The parties were in a dating relationship, and during that time, the biological parent became pregnant via assisted reproduction.
Non-bio mom helped select the anonymous sperm donor, attended doctor appointments and paid for much of the process. At the time of the child’s birth, non-bio mom was present in the delivery room to cut the cord.
