September 29, 2007
India Court Denies HIV-Positive Mom Custody
Reports PlanetOut:
A court in Jaipur, India, has denied an HIV-positive woman custody of her 8-year-old daughter, a rights activist said Friday.The woman, who was not identified to protect her privacy, married a soldier from northwestern Rajasthan state in the late 1990s without knowing that he was HIV-positive, said Kavita Srivastav, state convener of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, a private rights group.
Her husband died four years ago. After his death her in-laws began treating the woman badly and took her daughter on the grounds that the mother had become HIV-positive, Srivastav said.
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The court rejected her plea this week, ruling that she would not able to take care of her daughter because of her HIV-positive status, Srivastav said.
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