Florence's Juvenile Court
on Wednesday recognised "social" maternity as the legal parental
status of a woman from Lucca who traveled to Kiev with her
husband and brought back twins born of a surrogate mother there.
Border police at Rome's Fiumicino airport became suspicious
about the children's identity and documents upon the couple's
return from the Ukraine.
Thus began the investigation that determined the man is the
children's full biological father, which caused the court to
rule out the initial option of legal adoption.
The case stands in contrast to the law in Italy, where
surrogacy is illegal.
In the Ukraine, surrogate parenting is legal when the
pregnancy contains at least 50% of genetic material from one of
the parents.
Juvenile Court President Laura Laera said the case left "no
doubt" as to what was in the best interest of the children.
Parliament is looking at legislation to outlaw recourse to
surrogate motherhood abroad.
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