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Show THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN DOOR Denver Lesbian Mother's Lover Gets Child Custody In an encouraging victory in denver court, the lover of a lesbian mother, who died recently, has been given custody of the dead woman's daughter. Judge Orelle Weeks gave Donna Levy custody old child of her of the seven-yea- r former lover Jeanette Hatzo-poulo. s. The two women had been lovers for thirteen years and together raised the child for the first six years of her life. Though the relationship ended in 1974. Levy continued to visit the child regularity, maintaining a strong relationship with her. When the mother committed suicide last year, she left a note stating .that Levy should have custody of her chili Hetty. 'Though Betty was temporarily awarded to Hatzopoulos sister and brother custody was ultimately awarded to Levy. U olklore has it that the oldest profession is prostitution. I always thought it was lobbyChuck Llpsen, ing. one of Washingtons more active lobbyists. n-law. At the trial, Judge Weeks F em- phasized that levys lesbianism should have nothing to do with the issue. She stated. "Donna's sexual preference has not affected the child in the past and is not related to her ability to parent the child." Dear Advisor: sometimes do not exercise the best judgement in the world.' Ive been having an affair with a guy who I thought was a nice, honest, I met him at a stable volleyball game and he had no place to go, so he went home with me. I tried to help him find a job and get on his feet. I loaned him some money while he was job hunting. I even loaned him a gas credit card so that he could get around in his car while going to interviews. One day when I came home, I realized that his clothes were gone. I checked around and the only things that I could find missing were the gas credit card that I had loaned him and a department store credit card. I called the gas company and the department store. Then the bills began coming in. Not only had this guy charged gas but he had gotten himself a new set of tires, had some major repair work done and the total was around $500. The department store bill included shoes, a jacket and a portable color television. How much of this am I going to have to pay? g Chump I 18-year-o- 6th So. Entrance Trolley Square . Next To QGoucho, The Argentine Beef House 322-385- 0 Card-Cannin- DearChump: Exclusive Lambskin Coats Styled by wont have to pay any of the department store bill and will be liable for all the gas card bill until at least the time You probably & Knight Tailors of New Zealand . that you reported It stolen. If you have ever read the small print on a credit card application, you will discover that you have agreed to pay any bill resulting from someone charging to your account If you have loaned that person your credit card. As I Interpret the law In this area, once you have loaned your credit card to a person and that person has signed on that account, you are liable for any purchases made on that account, authorized or not. I believe that the liability does not extend beyond the time you notify the credit card company of the theft, allowing the credit card company a few days to cancel your card. So even If you let your friend charge only $10 In gas, you then have become responsible for any charges later made by him using your card. hadn't allowed your friend the use of your departAs you Leather. Coats, Jackets Beautiful LambskinRugs Thane Sweaters ! 'U V ment store card at any time, his use of that card did nof result In your being liable for his unauthorized purchases. The department store Is In the same position as a bank that receives forged checks. It Is responsible for verifying your signature against Its records. Therefore, so long as you notified the companies of the theft promptly, you probably have no liability. |