Gay Rights Case Is Declined

Gay Rights Case Is Declined

WASHINGTON, May 15 (AP) — The Supreme Court, without comment, declined Monday to review a ruling allowing a lesbian to seek parental rights to a child she helped raise with her longtime partner.

The justices have never dealt with the rights of gay people in child custody disputes.

The court had been asked to review a ruling of Washington State's highest court that said the woman, Sue Ellen Carvin, could pursue ties to the girl as a "de facto parent."