Baby born to a transgender man could be the first child in Britain to not legally have a mother
By Danyal Hussain, Mailonline:
A leading family judge is to rule whether a transgender man’s baby could become the first born in England or Wales to not legally have a mother.
The baby is the child of a single parent who was born a woman but now lives as a man after undergoing surgery.
He wants to be identified on the birth certificate as the child’s ‘father’ or ‘parent’ but the law requires him to be registered as the mother as he gave birth to the child.
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division of the High Court, is due to make a decision on what will be on the child’s birth certificate following a trial scheduled to take place at the High Court in London in February.
According to lawyers, the baby could become the first person born in England or Wales to legally not have a mother.
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