Showing posts with label more than two parents law. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

If one parent is just as good as two, what would more than two be?

Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill allowing more than two legal parents http://t.co/OJSEtMLGVg

"Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation allowing children to have more than two parents."


Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/10/jerry-brown-signs-bill-allowing-more-than-two-parents-in-calif.html#storylink=cpy
Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, stressed that his measure applies only to families with more than two people who meet the state's definition of a parent. It does not apply to stepparents, grandparents, girlfriends or caretakers. In an interview, Leno said he expected the law to be used sparingly, such as when a child could be at risk of unnecessarily entering the foster care system."

Leno's measure grew out of an appellate court case involving a biological mother, her same-sex partner and a man who had an affair with the mother while she was temporarily separated from her female lover. In the 2011 case, the California Court of Appeal held that courts could not recognize more than two parents even if doing so would protect the child from harm."

Twitchy , The Sacramento Bee , (video after "read more")