aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
ACLU Asks Georgia Appeals Court to Dismiss Jailtime for Lesbian Mother
The ACLU is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a local [Wilkinson] county judge who blocked an adoption after finding out that the adoptive mother lived with her lesbian partner of seven years. Elizabeth Hadaway returned the child to her biological mother, who upon seeing how distraught the child was at the separation, insisted that Hadaway retain custody. Hadaway ended her relationship with her partner, moved to a different county and reapplied for custody, prompting the original judge to cite her for contempt and sentencing her to jail for five to ten days. Despite that, Hadaway persisted and in May she finally won legal custody in her new county. The ACLU is asking that the contempt citation and jail sentence be dismissed.
