![]() Tragically, legal experts say the precedent established in the recent ruling may make it harder for judges to foster such exceptions in the best interests of the children involved. Yet frequently exceptions have been made, on case-by-case bases, allowing same-sex partners to adopt their partners’ children, or allowing same-sex couples to register as legal parents of a child conceived via in vitro fertilization. ![]() Adoption is limited to legally married couples, so no adoption for LGBT people, who are not allowed to marry. Surrogacy is not legal under any circumstances, nor is same-sex marriage, although same-sex couples may enter into civil unions. On May 13, 2019, the Italian Court of Cassation overturned the Court of Appeal decision, ruling that only the father who is biologically related to the twins is their legal father the other dad must apply for permission to adopt his own children.Īs we have written before, Italy has among the most restrictive reproductive and parentage laws in the world. But last year, the Trento mayor and city prosecutor joined the Italian Ministry of Interior to challenge the ruling, as reported by The Local. ![]() For more than two years, we’ve been following the case of two Italian dads, a gay couple, who became parents of twin boys via egg donation and surrogacy in Canada, a Canadian birth certificate listing both dads as legal fathers in hand.Īfter years of legal actions, in February 2017, the dads, who reside in the city of Trento, Italy, won their suit in the Trento Court of Appeal for both men to be recognized as their sons’ legal fathers.
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