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WUT? Judge Grants Custody Of 10-Year-Old Boy To THREE ‘Parents’

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Try to figure out at which point you become confused with this story, as reported by The New York Post.

Is it when a fertile husband and an infertile wife, Michael and Dawn Morano, who were married in 1994, started to conduct a polyamorous relationship with Audria Garcia, who moved in with the couple in 2001?

Is it when Michael Marano and Garcia conceived a son in 2007?

Is it when the three adults decided to raise the boy together?

Is it when Dawn Marano’s insurance covered Garcia’s pregnancy, and the two women attended doctor appointments together?

Is it when Audria Garica and Dawn Morano began their own love affair in 2008 and moved into their own home?

Is it when Michael Marano sued Garcia for custody of their biological son and Dawn Marano filed for divorce?

Is it when the biological parents (Michael Marano and Garcia) agreed to joint custody, but Michael Marano opposed Dawn Marano’s custody bid?

Is it when the boy testified in court and identified the two women as his ‘mommies’?

Is it when Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge H. Patrick Leis III decided to make history by granting tri-custody to the three adults of the now 10-year-old boy?

Is it when Leis, justifying his decision by citing the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York and the state Court of Appeals’ ruling in 2016 in Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A.C.C., in which the court expanded the definition of a “parent” for visitation and custody purposes to the nonmarried, ex-partner of a biological parent, stated, “Tri-custody is the logical evolution of the Court of Appeals decision in Brooke S.B., and the passage of the Marriage Equality Act and DRL [Domestic Relations Law] §10-a which permits same-sex couples to marry in New York”?

Is it when Leis scolded Michael Marano, saying no one had told him “to conceive a child with his wife’s best friend”?

Is it when Leis praised the three adults for raising their son “in a loving environment”?

Is it when Leis granted Dawn Marano Wednesday nights, one week of vacation during the school year and two weeks in the summer with the boy?

Is it when Leis gave the father custody on weekends?

Is it when Michael Marano insisted he would appeal the decision?

Ward and June Cleaver, where are you?

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