Gay Couple from Connecticut Becomes Legal Parents

The court’s decision is being hailed as a victory for both same-sex couples and any other parents that use surrogates.

Anthony and Shawn Raftopol were legally married in Massachusetts in 2008, and used a surrogate to give birth to their twins, Sebastiaan and Lukas, now 2. Because Anthony, 41, was the biological father, he had full parental rights. But when the couple tried to obtain a birth certificate, also naming Shawn, they were told he had no legal claim to the children.

The court’s decision affirmed a lower court’s order confirming their parentage, and requires the state to issue the Raftopol’s a corrected birth certificate. The ruling allows for two partners who sign a surrogacy agreement in Connecticut to have both their names on the birth certificate, even without a genetic link.

The Raftopols have been together for 16 years and used the same egg donor and gestational carrier for the birth of their daughter Zoe in 2006.

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