Ohio Supreme Court rules against parental rights for woman in same-sex custody case

By: Susan Tebben

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 954

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Ohio Supreme Court this week ruled that a woman does not have parenting rights to children born to her same-sex partner under Ohio law, and that an appellate court applied incorrect logic in wondering what the rights would have been if the couple had been married.

The state’s highest court heard oral arguments in the case one year ago, in which attorneys for the two women, who are no longer in a relationship, …

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