The European Union's Court of Justice now has to decide if a binational lesbian couple's daughter will be granted a Bulgarian birth certificate and receive citizenship.
A hearing was recently held, with a decision expected by mid-April. The case is the couple's last-ditch effort to protect their 1-year-old daughter from becoming stateless, despite being a citizen of the E.U.
If the court decides against the family, the child might not be able to go to school, get health care, government benefits, or travel because she will not have the necessary identification documents necessary.
The girl's mothers, Bulgarian-born Kalina Ivanova and Gibraltar-born Jane Jones, have been attempting to get citizenship in one of their respective countries