An Australian court has stopped a mother from moving her child away from her ex-partner, ruling her ex has the same rights as a biological parent. The 41 y.o. mom asked her Family Court to grant her sole parental rights for the 4 y.o. girl, conceived via sperm donor, noting that her ex is not listed as a parent on the child’s birth certificate. <\/p>\n
But the Court disagreed ruling that the women had equal shared responsibility<\/cite> for the child. In deciding whether to let the mother relocate the child from Queensland to NSW, the court took into account the girl’s relationship as a sister to the second woman’s 8 y.o. daughter.<\/p>\n It was decided the move would not be in the girl’s best interests until she was old enough to understand and maintain a long-distance relationship with her non-biological mother and sister.<\/p>\n