Threesome ends with "tri-custody" of 10-year-old boy

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A Long Island threesome who split after they raised their son with two mothers and a father have been granted 'tri-custody' of the 10-year-old boy in a historic New York ruling. Michael, 50, and Dawn Marano, 47, from Bay Shore had been raising their son along with their downstairs neighbor Audria Garcia, 48, the boy's biological mom, The New York Post reported.

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The Maranos married in 1994 and had been living in a conventional marriage up until they began to have 'intimate relations' with Garcia when she moved in with the couple in 2001. In 2007, Mr Marano and Garcia conceived their son because Mrs Marano was infertile, court documents state. The threesome agreed raise the child together.

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The breakup took a messy turn when Mr Marano sued Garcia for custody of their biological son and Mrs Marano filed for divorce, the paper said. The case went to trial after the biological parents agreed to joint custody, but Mr Marano opposed his ex-wife's custody bid. Dawn Marano had filed a suit asking for rights for the boy because she is not a legal or biological parent to her son. The woman said she did not want to have consent from the real parents to see the child. After the boy testified in court and identified the two women as his 'mommies', Leis granted Dawn Marano Wednesday nights with the 10-year-old. She was also given one week of vacation during the school year and two weeks in the summer, while Garcia has residential custody. 'No one told these three people to create this unique relationship,' the judge said during the ruling.

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