A TV producer lost full custody of her biological daughter after the judge ruled her lesbian lover was the more responsible parent - the first case of its kind in New York involving a same-sex couple. A Family Court judge ruled against Emmy-winning TV producer Brook Altman, from New York, in favor of the six-year-old's adoptive mother Allison Scollar. In October 2006, Altman gave birth to the lesbian couple's baby daughter after a sperm donation from Scollar's close friend Robert Frame. Lesbian lovers: Brook Altman, left, and Allison Scollar, had been together four years when they decided to have a child together with a sperm donation from a friend
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Brook Altman and Allison Scollar had a child six years ago after a friend donated sperm
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When couple split, bitter battle over who should have custody
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Altman fled with daughter to California and accused Scollar of child abuse
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Judge ruled Scollar was more responsible and had child's best interests at heart
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