NEW JERSEY : SAME-SEX COUPLES

Under the New Jersey Artificial Insemination Statute [N.J.S.A. 9:17-44(a], a child conceived through artificial insemination and borne to a same-sex married couple should be accorded, from the moment of birth, the certainty of parentage, with its resultant rights, benefits and protections. The non-birth mother is acknowledged as the other parent of the infant borne to the birth mother of this couple.    In Re Child of Robinson, etc., ___N.J. Super.___(Ch. Div. 2006) Essex Cy. (Talbert, J.S.C.), January 20, 2006