B.F. v. T.D.

No. 2005-SC-000557-DG.

194 S.W.3d 310 (2006)

B.F. Appellant v. T.D. Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Daniel Gatewood, Johnson & Gatewood, PSC, Louisville, KY, Courtney Joslin, Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, Counsel for Appellant.

Franklin P. Jewell, David Duane Fuller, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice LAMBERT.

The question presented is whether one who is not a parent but who has nevertheless participated substantially in the support and rearing of a child for a significant period of time has standing to claim a right of custody or visitation upon discontinuance of the cohabitational relationship with the parent.

Appellant, B.F., and Appellee, T.D., were in a cohabitational relationship for approximately eight years. After...

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