On Tuesday (December 14), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favour of same-sex parents and their families.
The case, which has had a successful outcome, arose due to Bulgarian authorities denying a newborn baby, a daughter of two same-sex parents, the right to a birth certificate.
It was argued the child was ineligible for the identity documentation as she has two mothers. Currently, the model birth certificate applicable in Bulgaria only has one box for the ‘mother’ and another for the ‘father’, “and only one name may appear in each box”.
ILGA-Europe, an independent LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation, argued Bulgarian citizen Kalina Ivanova and Gibraltar-born British citizen Jane Jones were both registered as mothers of