Texas Judge Says Lesbian Mom Can't Live With Partner and Have Custody of Kids
A judge in Collin County, Texas, cited a "morality clause" when he told a lesbian mother that she cannot cohabitate with her partner of three years and maintain custody of her children.
Page Price and Carolyn Compton have lived together for nearly three years, the couple told the Dallas Voice. But District Judge John Roach Jr. decided to enforce a "morality clause" in Compton's divorce papers which stipulates that anyone not related "by blood or marriage" may not be in Compton's home after 9 p.m. when the children are present.
Because Compton and Price cannot legally marry in Texas, the judge's order effectively removes Price from the home, the couple claim. The judge gave Price 30 days to move out, since the children currently live in the home with both women.
"Our children are all happy and well-adjusted," Price wrote on a Facebook post announcing the decision. "By his enforcement, being that we cannot marry in this state, I have been ordered to move out of my home."
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