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3 adults in polyamorous relationship declared legal parents by N. L. court
St. John's court ruling believed to be legal first for Canada
MacDonald, Michael http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/polyamourous-relationship-three-parents-1.4706560
Publisher: CBC
Date Written: 14/06/2018
Year Published: 2018
Resource Type: Article
In what is believed to be a legal first in Canada, a court in Newfoundland and Labrador has recognized three unmarried adults as the legal parents of a child born within their "polyamorous" family. Polyamorous relationships are legal in Canada, unlike bigamy and polygamy, which involve people in two or more marriages.
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Stable, loving family
The three people in the Newfoundland case turned to the courts after the province said only two parents could be listed on the child's birth certificate.
Lawyers for the province's attorney general argued that the provincial Children's Law Act does not allow for more than two people to be named as the legal parents of a child.
In his decision, Fowler acknowledged that was the case, but he stressed that the court's opinion hinged on what was in the best interests of the child.
"It has been well-established that in dealing with the matters of children, the best interests of a child or children shall always be the determining factors for the courts," the decision says.
Fowler said the child was born into a stable, loving family that is providing a safe and nurturing environment.
When the province's Children's Law Act was introduced about 30 years ago, he said, it did not contemplate the "now complex family relationships that are common and accepted in our society."
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