What Happens in Parenting When a Lesbian Mother with a Biological

question 59

Multiple Choice

What happens in parenting when a lesbian mother with a biological child from a previous heterosexual relationship enters into a same-sex relationship?

• A) The partners will equally split the household and child-rearing duties.
• B) The partners will give up custody to the heterosexual biological parent due to laws.
• C) The biological parent will assume most of the parenting responsibility.
• D) The partners will take on a more traditional split where the nonworking parent, regardless of biological relation to the child, will take on caregiving duties.

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