Well Kim and I are 5 weeks 6 days pregnant today... just looking into the birth certificate issue, seems with the same-sex reforms just about everything has come into line except 1. gay marriage and 2. birth certificates
Every state is different, but Queensland (as usual) and SA are behind the times, and are the only states that havent changed it so both parents can be on the birth certificate!
Big shout out to Leasha - in NSW the same sex parent can retrospectively be put on the birth certificate, so i am assuming if and when Qld change, Shel can be put onto Jazz's birth certificate...
Hello I didn't realise this. Oh my stars thats just wrong. Every parent has the right to be on the birth certificate. Why should it matter if its two females or two males.
hi
so you're saying that in victoria that both mums can be on the birth certificate? that is fantastic... i didnt think that was the case and additionally we were concerned that the non biological mother would not be legally recognised as a parent.. we're still getting our heads around this sort of stuff and we;re not even pregnant yet!
hello G&L
every state has its own legislation, as far as im aware its state not federal. You might like to check out the gay n lesbian lobby in your own state so you are up on parenting rights etc. i know that in NSW, because we are defacto, we are considered a *family* and this means we can both be on the same medicare card and that we are both considered parents of our soon to be child or children and they can also be placed on our *family* medicare card. We have found all the info out there regarding this on the gay n lesbian lobby site for our state. In saying all of that, you should also draw up wills for protection of future circumstances.
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) asking when. Maybe if we both write something she'll reply one day...
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