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Texas Birth Certificates to List 2 Moms, 2 Dads
The Texas Department of State Health Services made headlines last month when it revealed in a court filing that it would begin allowing same-sex parents’ names on children’s birth certificates—although it may be months [...]
Even If Kim Davis Issues Marriage License, LGBT Intended Parents Need Court Order Granting Parental Rights
Since the June U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states, some LGBT intended parents who want to create families via surrogacy, egg donation or other forms of assisted reproductive technology [...]
How Far Does German Foreign Surrogacy Decision Go?
Several questions persist in the wake of last week’s German Supreme Court ruling ordering authorities to recognize the parentage of a gay couple who had a child via surrogacy in California (see our posts here and here). One [...]
New CA Birth Certificate Law Allows LGBT Parents to Identify as Mother, Father, Parent
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, birth certificates of babies born in California will no longer identify a mother and father but will instead use the gender-neutral term “parent”
Spain Orders Consulates to Recognize Citizenship of Spanish Babies from Foreign Surrogacies
In the wake of the June 26 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on two French cases, the Spanish ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs are ordering their consulates to reinstate registrations of children born via [...]