NJ COURT ORDERS BIRTH CERTIFICATE MUST LIST LESBIAN COUPLE AS PARENTS: From 365Gay.com

A Newark judge has granted a lesbian couple the right to have both of their names listed on their child's birth certificate.

The ruling is the first of its kind in New Jersey and guarantees both women full parental rights to the child.

Superior Court Judge Patricia Medina Talbert said she based her decision on New Jersey's artificial insemination statute. The law protects a child's relationship to a non-biological parent who consents to his spouse's artificial insemination.

The case involved Kimberly Robinson and her partner Jeanne LoCicero who are registered under the state's domestic partner law. The couple also married in Canada last summer.

When they decided to have a baby, Robinson used artificial insemination through an anonymous donor. She gave birth to a girl, Vivian on April 30, 2005.

Although LoCicero could have become an adoptive parent to Vivian the couple believed it was in the child's best interests for both parents to be listed as birth parents.

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