trust

The judge's opinion in the summary judgement states that I am a donor. Because we did not have a pre-adoption plan in place, I am merely a sperm donor and there is specific law that deals with a "sperm donor." A case is cited in which the two parties had a contract where the father waived his rights as a father. However, I never did, but lack of action may mean I did inadvertently.

All of this started with trust between the mother and me. When I had suggested we use legal counsel at the beginning, both of them refused and said that we didn't need to do that--that our child would be born out of love and trust, that we couldn't use laws of a state that was not necessarily "gay friendly" and that we had to do things our own way. I fell for it--stupidly. I trusted them. And for over three years, I thought that trust blossomed even more and grew into a special and unique family of the five of us.

I would like to know how she will explain to Liam the reason his fathers are not in his life anymore, and the fact that she is the reason she denied him a father at all; when their intention was for Liam to have a father?

Whatever threat they felt is totally incorrect. All I wanted and still want to do is to ensure Liam has access and set time with his fathers. I never had any intention of taking Liam away from them. Even though I wasn't happy with the thought of them moving to the other side of the country, I wasn't going to stop that. I just wanted, in legal writing, to know how much time each year Liam would get to spend with his fathers. Simple. Apparently not.