In Re the Marriage of Cabalquinto

This appeal is a sequel to In re Marriage of Cabalquinto, 100 Wn.2d 325, 669 P.2d 886 (1983). At the hearing under review in that appeal, the trial court had determined the father to be a kind, loving person, exemplary in every way except that he lived with another male in a homosexual relationship. The Supreme Court said:

homosexuality in and of itself is not a bar to custody or to reasonable rights of visitation. . . .. . . Visitation rights must be determined with reference to the needs of the child rather than the sexual preferences of the parent.

Marriage of Cabalquinto, at 329.

On remand,…