For many lesbian couples, assisted reproductive technology allows one mom to be the genetic parent and the other mom to carry and give birth to the child. Kyresha LeFever and Lanesha Matthews were one such couple. However, when the couple split up and their custody case went to court, a trial judge in Wayne County ruled that Ms. Matthews, the carrying/birth mom, was not a legal parent and had no rights to custody or parenting time. The ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Michigan Court of Appeals in support of Ms. Matthews, arguing that both mothers are natural parents with equal legal rights. In April 2021 the Court of Appeals issued a decision agreeing with our position, reversed the trail court’s decision, and remanded for a new custody hearing in which both mothers must be considered parents. (LeFever v. Matthews; ACLU of Michigan Attorneys Jay Kaplan and Dan Korobkin; National ACLU Attorneys Taylor Brown and Leslie Cooper.)