Va. lesbian couple wins case to have names listed on children's birth certificates
buzzz worthy. . . Maria Hayman delivered the twins, Merida and Finn, in June 2013. Joanie Hayman contributed the eggs after they were fertilized with sperm from a donor who revoked his parental life. Virginia law will now permit both of their names to be on their children's birth certificates. A ruling on a gay paternity case in Richmond, VA has made it possible for the names of both same sex parents to appear on birth certificates. Now a Virginia lesbian couple who have a set of twins through surrogacy has peace of mind that they can be legally recognized as a family in public. There's is a story many gay couple with children share. The Richmond Times-Dispatch ( http://bit.ly/1tg1rMx ) has the full story.