A same-sex couple living in the United States have been forced to adopt their own surrogate-born child to allow them to bring him to New Zealand.The two men ar…
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so they're 'forced' to adopt their own kid? sounds like a bit of admin weirdness but glad it worked out in the end. typical NZ bureaucracy 🙄
get stuffed mate, it's not semantics when it costs thousands and delays bringing your baby home. try having some empathy
what a load of bureaucratic bullshit. you're the legal parents in the US but nz makes you adopt? get your heads out of the sand
facts. so much red tape for no reason. they're already parents ffs
honestly who cares about the semantics just let the kid come home. this is the kinda crap that makes people leave nz
cheers for the explanation, that's so dumb. poor guys
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good on them for fighting through the system. must be exhausting just to get your own child recognised. poor wee fella deserves better
typical innit. nz law stuck in the 90s. same sex parents have to jump through hoops while straight couples just walk in. ffs
no they're the biological parents! nz law just doesn't recognise surrogacy agreements so they have to adoption route. absolutely cooked
ah well at least it got sorted. bloody expensive process though. surrogacy\adoption\legal fees - would've cost a mint
exactly this! law is archaic. time for an overhaul
fr, it's 2026 not 1996
this is ridiculous. the law needs to catch up with modern families. imagine paying for all that extra legal work for nothing
yeah nah i get that but still a pain in the ass. more hassle than it should be
can someone explain why they had to adopt? they're the biological parents right? or is it a donor situation? confused lol
