My wife and I have a baby. We are lesbians. I carried our baby and he is genetically related to me and not to my wife. My wife was listed on his birth certificate when he was born (legal parent at birth). Because we live in a terrifying time, we did a second parent adoption after our son was born so that my wife’s legal rights would never be questioned. My wife is the one with Canadian ancestry. Will our son (who was born before December 2025) qualify through her, or will we need to apply for him as an adoptee?
Edit to add: we had his birth certificate before the adoption went through, listing my wife as parent, nothing changed, didn’t need to get a new birth certificate.
u/thirtyonewishes — 14 days ago