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  • California bill would redefine family, allow children to have more than 2 parents

    07/11/2012 7:44:34 AM PDT · by thesaleboat · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | 7-10-12 | Cristina Corbin
    Talk about modern family. In a move that's stirring opposition from conservative groups, California lawmakers are considering whether to change the legal definition of family by allowing a child to technically have more than two parents. The proposal, by Democratic state Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco, would allow for children to benefit from multiple sources of child support, advocates argue, and would legally recognize those families that do not represent traditional parent structure. Proponents say the measure does not change the definition of who qualifies as a parent under current California law -- it only amends the two-parent limit....
  • Ontario Allows Child to Have Three Parents

    01/03/2007 1:28:17 PM PST · by Types_with_Fist · 38 replies · 808+ views
    AP ^ | 1/3/2007 | Leah Schnurr
    TORONTO - A five-year-old Canadian boy can have two mothers and a father, an Ontario court ruled this week in a landmark case that redefines the meaning of family and examines the rights of parents in same-sex relationships. In a ruling released on Tuesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal said the female partner of the child’s biological mother could be legally recognized as the boy’s third parent. The biological father, named on the boy’s birth certificate, is a friend of both women and is taking an active role in the child’s life. “It is contrary to (the child’s) best interests...