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My previous partner (with whom I had two children) and I always spoke of parenting agreements, guardianship etc but did not ever actually do it. In terms of dealing with childcare, school, doctors etc we never had any issues with us both being recognized as parents, signing consent forms etc. I still think parenting agreements are a very good idea but also wnated to say that our expereince was very positive in terms of the no-bio mother (me) being recogized without any legal documentation.
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Hi Claire
The solictor we saw was in Newcastle, and unfortunately he is no longer practising - we had all of our documents sorted out about 2 years ago when we first seriously thought about having children.
You could try contacting the gay & lesbian rights lobby in Syd they might be able to give you a lead. Not sure what there number is or website is but there should be a link from the acon website http://www.acon.org.au.
Ins Syndey there also used to be a group called 'Rainbow Babies' not sure if it is still around - been a few years since I lived in Syd, but again the rights lobby could probably tell you.
Good Luck
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