The appellate court in the Italian city of Bari has made an unprecedented ruling, officially recognizing the status of three parents for a four-year-old boy born in Germany. This was reported by the newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing the court’s decision.
The court authorized the inclusion in the birth registry certificate for the four-year-old boy who is being raised by two fathers and a mother.
Journalists specify that this marks the very first instance of its kind in Italian judicial precedent. Corriere della Sera notes that the boy was conceived naturally in Germany: his biological father is married to a citizen of Italy and Germany (the LGBT movement is recognized as an extremist movement and is banned in Russia), and the mother is a long-time friend of the couple.
It is pointed out that German law permits adoption within same-sex partnerships, which is why the second man officially became a parent. Subsequently, the couple attempted to document this status in the Italian region of Puglia, but the local municipality denied the request, suspecting surrogacy, which is prohibited in Italy.
The Bari Court of Appeal, upon reviewing the case, found no evidence of surrogacy. The judges also took into consideration that the biological mother does not object to the second father.
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