"In D.M.T., the Florida Supreme Court expressly approved Wakeman's holding that the lesbian partner who was the birth mother had parental rights protected by the constitution that prevailed over the claims of a partner who was neither the biological nor legal mother, even though the couple clearly intended to raise the children together." (citing D.M.T., 129 So. 3d at 346 )
How later courts described this case
- "In D.M.T., the Florida Supreme Court expressly approved Wakeman's holding that the lesbian partner who was the birth mother had parental rights protected by the constitution that prevailed over the claims of a partner who was neither the biological nor legal mother, even though the couple clearly intended to raise the children together." (citing D.M.T., 129 So. 3d at 346 )
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The opinion
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Russell v. Pasik, 178 So.3d 55 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015); Wakeman v. Dixon, 921 So.2d 669 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).
SCALES and LUCK, JJ., concur.