Tue 23 Sep 2008 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
An estimated 1,000 same-sex parent families in the Australian state of New South Wales have been granted legal rights under new laws which came into affect yesterday. The new law allows the names of both lesbian mothers on birth certificates. New South Wales Attorney-General John Hatzistergos told the Sydney Morning Herald that the new birth certificates were part of a broad package of reforms that gave the children of female de facto couples equal parental rights and responsibilities. Children of lesbian parents now have equal rights to children of heterosexual couples with regards to workers' compensation and victim compensation payments where one or both parents are killed or injured. This story continues on the link below.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News Staff
First published: Tuesday, 23rd September 2008 - 10:29am