Italian Court Recognizes Three Legal Parents of Child
The final ruling rejects surrogacy claims and gives the child legal recognition of two fathers and one mother.
- On Tuesday, an Italian court in Bari granted three legally recognized parents—two fathers and one mother—to a 4-year-old child in a landmark ruling confirmed by lawyer Pasqua Manfredi.
- The child resides in Germany with two fathers, one being the biological parent who conceived with a female friend of the couple. Local authorities previously rejected the adoption request, suspecting surrogacy arrangements.
- Manfredi told Reuters there was "no secret surrogacy deal" in this case of three people who want to be recognized as parents. The ruling is final and means Italy, like Germany, accepts all three parents.
- Pro Vita And Famiglia, a Catholic group campaigning for traditional family values, condemned the ruling and said it had "upended family law, exposing minors to all kinds of social and ideological experimentations."
- The ruling was publicized as Italy marked the 10th anniversary since parliament voted to legalize same-sex partnerships, positioning the decision within a broader decade of evolving family law recognition.
40 Articles
40 Articles
Kreiszeitung
Three parents, one child? In Italy, a court now allows this for the first time. The decision about the four-year-old from Germany arouses a stir.
Italian Court Recognizes 3 Parents of 1 Child in Ruling at Odds With Government
An Italian court has granted a child three legally recognized parents—two fathers and a mother—in a landmark ruling at odds with the country’s socially conservative government and Catholic culture. The decision sparked anger when it was reported on Tuesday by several Italian media outlets and confirmed by the lawyer of the legally recognized fathers. The 4-year-old child was born in Germany and lives there with two married gay men, one of wh…
Rome, May 13th, we were illusive, perhaps because of an excess of optimism or for a residual confidence in the institutions, that the right was still used to put order in the chaos of reality. To protect the weakest and to guard the insurmountable borders of common sense. We were wrong. In Bari, among the folds of a sentence of the Court of Appeal that has the bitter taste of pure ideology, the controlled demolition of the anagraph, of the law a…
In Italy, for the first time, a child has been legally recognized as the son of three parents - a mother and two fathers.This historic decision has upset conservative Catholics.The court of appeal in the southern Italian city of Bari reached the final verdict.According to this, the German birth certificate of the now four-year-old child is also recognized in Italy.The boy is legally considered as the child of his mother and two fathers who raise…
Ett italienskt domstolsbeslut har första gången gett ett barn tre juridiskt erkanda föräldrar – två pappor och en mamma. Det är det första trapet i Italy. – Det handlar om tre personer som alla vill vara föräldrar till det här barnet, carrier en advokat i trapet.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
