The Juvenile Court of Trento in northern Italy has approved the adoption of a child by the non-biological parent of a same-sex couple recognised in Canada but not in Italy, a local newspaper reported on Monday.
The child, aged nearly four, was born through surrogacy, which is illegal in Italy.
The adoption request was filed in March in consideration of serious health problems on the part of the biological father.
In March the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni drew criticism from the opposition and rights activists after it instructed city mayors to stop registering the children of same-sex couples using a procedure based on the transcription into Italian civic registers of the foreign birth certificates of children conceived via surrogacy or assisted fertility, which is only available to heterosexual couples in Italy, citing a ruling by the Court of Cassation, Italy’s highest court.
Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party has also presented a bill currently before parliament making surrogacy a universal crime.
This means that it would be punishable by law even if committed abroad, but only for Italian citizens. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa News Agency (ANA)