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Family

Oct. 11, 2012

Three's a crowd when it comes to legal parents

Gov. Brown recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed courts to recognize more than two legal parents.

Judith Daar

Dean-Elect, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University

Google Senate Bill 1476, the just-vetoed bill that would have permitted courts to recognize more than two legal parents, and you'll be awash in popular culture websites. At the top of the list are links to NBC's new please-see TV offering, "The New Normal," a comedy featuring the hijinks of two guys and a gal locked in a gestational surrogacy arrangement. The guys - two fabulous and chic L.A.-centric gay men - employ an affable and blond recovering Midwesterner to gestate their egg donor...

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