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Can two cohabiting lesbians become guardians for each other’s children who have no known biological fathers ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 19 May, 2022

Yes, the Tel Aviv District Court allowed two Lesbian women who cohabited with their children – born to each of them via anonymous sperm donors – to be registered as an additional guardian for the other’s child . It would not allow them to adopt each other’s child/ren, though since then the courts’ attitude has softened, and since then a Lesbian couple won the right for each of them to adopt the other’s child.


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