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"&lt;strong&gt;Melissa Etheridge&lt;/strong&gt;'s former domestic partner, &lt;strong&gt;Tammy Lynn Michaels&lt;/strong&gt;, has filed legal docs asking for full custody of their twin children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0708_Tammy_Lynn_Michael_Melissa_Ethridge_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/07/08/0708-tammy-lynn-michael-melissa-ethridge-ex-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... Melissa &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/02/melissa-ethridge-tammy-lynn-michaels-marriage-gay-lesbian-domestic-partnership-dissolution-california/\"&gt;filed for dissolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of their domestic partnership. In Melissa's docs, she filed for joint legal and physical custody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now, Tammy has thrown down the gauntlet, asking for full legal and physical custody.&amp;#160; Tammy carried the twins to term, after being impregnated by an anonymous sperm donor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tammy, just like Melissa, says in her docs irreconcilable differences as the reason to end their partnership.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tammy is also asking for spousal support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last thing ... it looks like Tammy made a mistake.&amp;#160; She filed a dissolution of marriage rather than a dissolution of domestic partnership.&amp;#160; The two did not qualify to marry during the time that they established their union.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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