Woman Argues OH SSM Ban Bars Ex From Sharing Custody

From "Woman Argues Ohio Anti-Gay Amendment Bars Ex From Sharing Custody," 365Gay.com, March 26, 2008:

(Columbus, Ohio) An Ohio woman says the state's ban on same-sex marriage is grounds for barring her ex-partner from sharing custody with her son.

Thursday the Court of Appeals will hear her case. Last June a judge in Columbus ruled that the amendment has no bearing on a signed agreement between [the two women] that they would share custody of the boy, now aged 11...

In addition to banning same-sex marriage the amendment, known as Issue 1, says the state "and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage."...

Whichever way the court rules the case is likely to be appealed to the state Supreme Court...