RNZ·4 min read·medium
Family Court grants adoption order for couple to bring US-born surrogate child to NZ
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A same-sex couple living in the US was required by the New Zealand Family Court to adopt their own surrogate-born son to secure his legal status. Current New Zealand law does not recognize the biological parentage of children born through overseas surrogacy, creating significant immigration and citizenship hurdles.
A same-sex couple living in the United States have been forced to adopt their own surrogate-born child to allow them to bring him to New Zealand.
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