Comments on: Three legal parents http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/ find blogs from all kinds of lesbian families Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trista http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Trista Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:24:39 +0000 http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/#comment-796 I think this is a great thing. We consider our donor to be an uncle to Julia... but if it weren't for the legal fear that his rights supercede mine (as a non-bio who can't adopt) we would be happy to acknowledge him as a father. Of course, such a situation opens up new dilemmas along with new possiblities, but I've never been one to shy from discussion of new arrangements. The more people who love and are concerned about the well-being of a child, the better. I think this is a great thing. We consider our donor to be an uncle to Julia… but if it weren’t for the legal fear that his rights supercede mine (as a non-bio who can’t adopt) we would be happy to acknowledge him as a father.

Of course, such a situation opens up new dilemmas along with new possiblities, but I’ve never been one to shy from discussion of new arrangements. The more people who love and are concerned about the well-being of a child, the better.

]]> By: Jenny http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Jenny Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:14:07 +0000 http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/#comment-795 I think this is just fabulous. We know several families who could use legal recognition of an already existing structure. I will never understand why folks think that more parents are a bad thing and why they always focus on a potential future breakup as reason to deny custody or something. Thanks for the heads-up! I think this is just fabulous. We know several families who could use legal recognition of an already existing structure. I will never understand why folks think that more parents are a bad thing and why they always focus on a potential future breakup as reason to deny custody or something.

Thanks for the heads-up!

]]> By: Round is Funny http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Round is Funny Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:14:18 +0000 http://lesbianfamily.org/2007/01/03/three-legal-parents/#comment-792 This is amazing news - legal recognition of what our families really look like. This is amazing news – legal recognition of what our families really look like.

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