A Miami-Dade circuit judge has approved a private adoption allowing a gay man and a married lesbian couple to all be listed on the birth certificate of their baby girl, The Miami Herald reports.
The three parents – the father, Massimiliano Gerina, and his lesbian friends, Maria Italiano and Cher Filippazzo – had feuded in a paternity case over their 23-month-old girl for nearly two years, the newspaper reported.
The court case had occurred after Gerina gave the women his sperm and Italiano conceived, Gerina declined to sign a contract given to him by the women and he pushed to be considered a parent. But a week before trial, Gerina, Italiano, Filippazzo and their attorneys settled the case privately.
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Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Antonio Marin approved the settlement and the court adoption clerk submitted paperwork for Emma’s new birth certificate. Birth mother Italiano received sole parental responsibility, Filippazzo legally adopted Emma and Gerina was recognized as Emma’s father and he was granted time with her, the newspaper said.
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“The mothers are in charge,” Gerina told the Herald. “I’m just going to spend time with her. They are the parents.”
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