It seems that in the state of Colorado with the new passage of Civil Unions that we will be able to list both Jennie and I on our child's birth certificate! This means that we won't have to do a second parent adoption and spend all of the unnecessary money on a home study or legal fees. It seems that the law is slightly unclear about whether they have to put both parents, but as we plan on delivering at a birthing center with a midwife I don't think they'll have a problem.
There are some people who are still going to go through with second parent adoptions even though they could put both parents on the birth certificate. We don't feel this is necessary, because even if we're travelling in a state, like Virginia, that doesn't recognize us, they still have to recognize our child's birth certificate, which will have both of our names listed as parents.
This was a news story recently about one of the first lesbian couples to deliver a baby in Colorado and to both be listed as his mother's since the passage of Civil Unions.
Hooray for both of us being recognized as parents!
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