THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 28, 1996 TAG: 9602280462
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
A judge rejected a lesbian mother's request Tuesday to get back custody of her 4-year-old son and chastised the woman for plans to make a television movie about her ordeal.
Sharon Bottoms had argued that her son, Tyler Doustou, was developing poorly under the custody of her mother, Kay Bottoms, and that she could give the boy a secure and loving a home. But Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge William G. Boice rejected her argument.
Boice reaffirmed his 1993 decision, when he ruled that Sharon Bottoms' lesbian lifestyle made her an unfit mother and put the boy in Kay Bottoms' custody. The Virginia Supreme Court upheld the ruling last year. Boice criticized the involvement of Sharon Bottoms and her partner in a planned ABC TV movie, ``For the Love of Tyler.'' by CNB