NY Birth Certificates to Name Both Same-sex Parents
December 12, 2008
NEW YORK— The New York State Health Department has agreed to allow same-sex married couples to list both parents names on the birth certificates of children born during the marriage.
The directive, which conforms with Gov. David Paterson's state-wide order to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, means that married same-sex couples are treated equally to opposite-sex married couples, at least in regard to the birth of children during the marriage.
The change does not currently apply to children born in New York City, which maintains its own registry and which is considering revising its own policies and forms.
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