Today was another very special day in the Novoa family. Today we officially adopted Oliver. You may be asking why do we have to adopt our own son...well, since Massachusetts is one of the only states where our marriage is recognized (Connecticut is the only other state) Oliver is only recognized as a child of our marriage in these two states. Meaning that in Massachusetts and Connecticut both Jennifer and I would be recognized as Oliver's parents. So, in order to protect our rights in the rest of the country as parents we both had to adopt him so there would be no question who are his "real" parents. The crazy thing is that even if we went to the sunshine state of Florida to let say, visit Disney World, and the question of parenthood ever game up we still wouldn't have a leg to stand on since gay adoption isn't even recognized there (and in several other states).
Either way, today was a very happy and special day for us because it legally protected us as much as we could possibly be. Oliver was in a really good mood this morning and why shouldn't he have been, after all he was surrounded by wonderful friends and two Moms who adore his every move.
This is the judge making the adoption official!
The Moms and Oliver celebrating the adoption.
The judge was super nice and made us feel very welcome.
Happy and proud parents.
Our awesome friends who joined us for the occasion.
The woman who made it all happen...our lawyer, Joyce Kauffman.
1 comment:
Hi Marina and Jennifer!
Congratulations!! We are so happy for your family!
I didn't know about your need to adopt and all the other details. Thanks for enlightening me. People really make it so much more difficult than it needs to be. I love your blog by the way!!
Selin
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