AG recommends recognizing same-sex parents in Israel

ynetnews.com, February 9, 2015 by Aviel Magnezi

Israel takes step towards granting parental rights to same-sex parents, as AG says state should give recognize partner of biological parent, instead of forcing them to legally adopt child.

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein submitted a precedent-setting request to the family court on Sunday, recommending that the same-sex partner of a biological birth mother be regarded as a legal parent.

The recommendation pertains to same-sex parents of a child born through sperm donation. Currently, the non-biological partner was forced to adopt their partner’s biological child in order to be listed as a legal parent.

In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that the partner of a biological parent can be registered as the child’s parent in the civil registry, following a US court ruling that ordered to allow the names of a same-sex couple on birth certificates.

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