S.Y. v. S.B.

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

S.B., the adoptive mother of G.B. and M.B., appeals from a judgment declaring that her former same-sex partner S.Y.1 is a presumed parent of the children under Family Code section 7611, subdivision (d) (hereafter section 7611(d)).2 S.B. contends the trial court erred in finding S.Y. is a presumed parent because she never “actually received the children into her own home” or “openly held the children out as her own natural children,” as required under section 7611(d). She also asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in concluding this was not an…