An Italian court has recognized the mothers of both women in a lesbian couple
ROME, 14 Mar — news, Alexander Logunov. The court of appeal of Rome on Monday recognized the equal parental rights of a lesbian couple, reports TV channel Rainews24.
The plaintiffs in the case were two resident Rome writer and journalist. One of them is the biological mother of baby girl born through artificial insemination, the latter demanded recognition of the same rights to the child.
“I lived in fear that with me or with the child something can happen. Now with this verdict, although it is not a complete adoption, I can finally breathe easy,” said the plaintiff after the court rulings.
The current decision of the Rome court was followed a few days later after a similar verdict, adopted in Florence. Local court recognized the legitimacy of the adoption of children by gay couple of two Italians, who lived a long time in the UK, where they adopted two brothers. They were required to recognize operating on the territory of the Apennines the British adoption and to provide our children with Italian citizenship.
Earlier, at the end of February in Italy, the court officially recognized the parental rights of the male homosexual couple who have managed to get two children by resorting to the services of a surrogate mother in the United States. According to the court, the decision of the us authorities on the recognition of both Italians parents of newborn twins “is a legally valid”, despite the fact that one of them “is not the genetic father” of the kids.
Italy until recently was one of the few European countries where there was no legal recognition of the rights of same-sex couples. Last year a law was passed establishing in the Apennines of the institution of civil Union between persons of the same sex. The main provision of the law — the introduction of the so-called civil unions between persons of the same sex. In fact, the document introduces a new family law institution that is different from traditional marriage, but equivalent.