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Has anyone here filed a petition for name change so that your last name matches your partner? I am filling out the form, and I am struggling with the answer to "reason for request". Any help?

Children born through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to lesbian mothers will have the same rights as those of heterosexual couples, under law changes announced by the NSW government.

Attorney-General John Hatzistergos said he had accepted NSW Law Reform recommendations extending "parental presumption" provisions to cover gay mums.

It was estimated 20 per cent of the state's female same-sex couples had children, Mr Hatzistergos said.

The change affects those born through IVF or artificial fertilisation only, by granting parenting rights and obligations to the non-biological mother.

My partner and I are starting the process of haveing our first child. We are doing a home insemination with a unknown donor sperm from a bank. She is going to carry the first baby and we are concerned about my name being on the birth certificate. We live in central FL. We understand that FL will not allow us to do a second parent adoption, so what are some other options? We are willing to have the baby in a different state or do whatever we have to, to insure we both are on the birth certificate. PLEASE HELP!!!

I am the proud step mom of a beautiful 8 year old boy. My partners ex has recently married a very controlling man that is determined to "control" all aspects of the ex and my step son. He "controls" when how and where we see him, he has even started sending us Rules that must be followed in OUR home when we have my step son. My wife and her ex (shes the biological mom) raised this little boy for 8 years, the last 2 have been in a co parenting setting , since the arrival of the new husband EVERYTHING has changed..

So I'm an NYU student (graduating in May) studying journalism and French. I'm researching and reporting my final story for journalism on the Boy Scouts of America, who, as you may know, have a reputation for being anti-gay in one form or another. They do not allow gays or atheists to be leaders in their troops -- usually. I know, however, that this is not ALWAYS the case.

We are in need of some legal advice. Kansas does not allow two men to adopt a single child. When we decided to adopt, after long discussions, it was decided that I would adopt the first child and my partner (Brian) would adopt the second child.