Divorced Tenn. mother appeals night ban on partner

[Shana A]

Divorced Tenn. mother appeals night ban on partner
Restriction called a paramour clause
NASHVILLE (AP) | Dec 24, 11:42 AM

http://www.southernvoice.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=23179

A same-sex couple is asking the Tennessee Court of Appeals to lift a judge's restriction in a child custody agreement that prevents the divorced mother's partner of nine years from staying overnight.

The Tennessean reports The American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief Tuesday with the Court of Appeals in Jackson on behalf of Angel Chandler, a divorced mother with two kids.

Chandler said Chancellor George Ellis of the 28th Judicial District in West Tennessee imposed the restriction, called a paramour clause, in May without a request from her ex-husband and despite an evaluation that showed the children were not in harm's way from their mother's relationship. Ellis cited local law and precedent for the paramour clause, according to the appeal.

[Vicky]

Wow!! (tongue in cheek) Its interesting that a lesbian is ranked as high as a man in the Tennesse legal system today!!  Although I feel very sorry for the parties involved in this, the partner should feel honored (not) for an elevation in social status, although I'll bet this "chancellor" doesn't see the irony of his own action. The fact that local laws and statutes were specificall written against heterosexual co-habitation of un married people, the poor goof is applying it to same sex relations which as I said gives them a new, and elevated legal status.

I hope my sarcasm is showing as brightly as I want it to.