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N.J. Assembly Democrats Vainieri Huttle, Quijano, Kennedy Bill to Streamline Pathway for Non-biological Parents to Adopt Children Heads to Governor
December 20, 2019
TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 20 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news:

In New Jersey, a birth certificate does not create legal parental rights for the couple listed as the child's parents. In fact, a person is considered a legal parent of the child only if they are biologically related.

In a scenario in which a couple uses artificial insemination or other methods to conceive a child, and one partner does not contribute genetic material, that . . .

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