Ferrand v. Ferrand

11 This litigation arises out of a custody dispute between a biological mother, Paula1 and her former partner, Vincent2, who is biologically a female but identifies as a male. In this appeal, Vincent seeks review of the trial court’s denial of his petition for custody of the minor children, conceived through artificial insemination during the parties’ relationship. The trial court determined that Vincent, as neither the children’s biological nor legal parent, failed to meet his burden to prove that the granting of sole custody to Paula would result in substantial harm to the children, as…