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Judge rules in same-sex custody case involving Tim Bishop daughter

Brian X. Foley greets campaign workers, Molly Bishop,

Photo credit: Daniel Goodrich, 2005 | Brian X. Foley greets campaign workers, Molly Bishop, left, daughter of Tim Bishop, and Mercedes Counihan, right. (Nov, 8. 2005)

A state Supreme Court justice has ruled that the estranged spouse of the daughter of Rep. Timothy Bishop does not have parental rights because their son was born before New York's same-sex marriage act was approved in 2011.

State Supreme Court Justice John C. Bivona on Friday found that Mercedes Counihan did not have standing to seek custody or visitation of the boy, now age 2. Bivona said...

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