Child access for lesbian ex-lover

A lesbian has won a "breakthrough" legal battle over access to the two children of her former lover, who is the biological mother of the girls.

Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Thorpe reversed a ruling made in November at Telford County Court, which denied a joint residence order to the woman.

She now shares responsibility for the girls with the mother. This is the only way a same-sex partner who is not a biological parent can claim such responsibility.

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