UTAH: Married Lesbian Couple Wins Court Battle To Have Both Their Names On Child’s Birth Certificate

The state of Utah has relented in a lawsuit brought by a married lesbian couple seeking to have both of their names on the birth certificate of their child. Ben Winslow reports at Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate:

In a joint agreement filed with in U.S. District Court and obtained by FOX 13 on Sunday, the ACLU of Utah and the Utah Attorney General’s Office acknowledged that Kami and Angie Roe had received a birth certificate that included Angie Roe’s name as a parent of their child, Lucy. Lawyers for the two sides also agreed to make the judge’s injunction permanent, effectively ending the case. The joint stipulation could also apply to other same-sex couples in Utah, noting: “The Court further ordered that if Defendants continue to enforce Utah Code Ann §§ 78B-15-201(2)(e), 78B-15-703 and § 78B-15-704, with respect to male spouses of women who give birth through assisted reproduction with donor sperm, they must also apply the statute equally to female spouses of women who give birth through assisted reproduction with donor sperm.”

RELATED: A similar battle is still ongoing in Florida, where on Friday the NCLR filed a motion seeking the immediate listing of both parents on the birth certificates for children of same-sex couples.