“I’m constantly being questioned, I even still need to notify the courts if I travel with him, out of the state or out of the country. I need to present this for schools, his doctors’ and dentist appointments,” said Shia. “Every day I carry a notarized copy of my son’s guardianship form in my wallet.
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While obtaining legal guardianship enabled her son to return to her care, their family relationship is still questioned. Shia, a de facto parent whose son Audai was placed in foster care because the state refused to recognize her parental status, talked about the constraints that current parentage laws place on her family. We’re the only state in New England that needs to do this still.” We have an opportunity right now to fix this through legislation…that gives all families legal protections that guarantee that children are not separated from their parents. “The laws regulating parentage do not reflect our diversity or the needs of our families. We are a diverse people and we are all different but we all have the same love and that love comes in many different forms that sow the seeds of love that lead to our families,” said Rep. “I want to talk today about the treasure of our Commonwealth and that’s our people. “This is very important because relationships between children and parents are the core of so many rights and responsibilities.” There’s not much time left so we have to work really hard,” said Rep. “I really hope we can get this done this year. We want to make sure all children in Massachusetts, no matter the gender, the gender identity, the sexual orientation or marital status of their parents have equal access to all the paths to legal parentage,” said Leblanc. It has been over forty years since it’s been updated and so it excludes so many children and families including LGBTQ families.
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Parentage Act, which would update Massachusetts law that is definitely in need of updating. “We are here to celebrate our families and also to celebrate the Mass. The bill would also enable LGBTQ+ parents to establish parentage the same way other families do, including through a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, and provide a clear standard for courts to resolve competing claims of parentage. The MPA would add important protections for children born through assisted reproduction and surrogacy.
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Owen James Nichols-Worley, the teenage son of gay dads and the first child born in MA to have both same-sex parents listed on his birth certificateīased on the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) 2017, a best-practice framework for ensuring the protection of the legal relationship between parents and children, the MPA would update state law to clarify who can be a parent and how to establish parentage.Emily McGranachan, adult child of lesbian parents and director of corporate and foundation relations for Family Equality.
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Jordan Budd, Executive Director, COLAGE.Darmany Jimenez, youth activist and the teenage child of a de facto parent.Polly Crozier, GLAD senior staff attorney.Scanlon, LGBTQ caucus and Judiciary Committee member
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