Are There Non-Biological Moms Visitation Rights in California?
Nonbiological mom’s visitation rights in California Q: Dear Kate, My ex-partner and I were in a 12-year relationship. We discussed and planned to have children almost from the start. In 1997, I gave birth to our daughter through artificial insemination with an anonymous donor. A year later, my partner was able to adopt her in California through second-parent adoption. When she gave birth to our son in 1999, we were able to use the same donor. But when we separated in early 2001, I hadn’t completed my son’s second-parent adoption. We shared custody of both children for about six months and stated that the children should be kept together. But last summer, my ex decided that our son should be with her and our daughter with me. Since then, things have gone downhill, and she no longer allows me to see our son. She has visitation, which we are currently mediating, for our daughter. I have been told that in the current situation in California, I have no chance even of getting visitation of o
