23527, CSC, 02/08/2023
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2023

Rejection of the registration in Italy of the birth certificate of a child – conceived through recourse to heterologous medically assisted reproduction and born in Italy - naming the intended parent as the child's parent - The legislator has restricted access to heterologous medically assisted reproduction to situations of pathological infertility, which does not include same-sex couples

C‑2/21, CJEU, 24/06/2022

Birth certificate issued by the Member State of birth of the child and designating two mothers in respect of that child – Refusal by the Member State of origin of one of those two mothers to transcribe that birth certificate into the national register of civil status – Transcription of that certificate being a prerequisite for the issuing of identity documents, national legislation of that Member State of origin not recognising the parenthood of persons of the same sex

Judge Rapporteur: M. Ilešič

C-490/20, CJEU, 14/12/2021

Birth certificate issued by that Member State mentioning two mothers in respect of that child – Refusal by the Member State of origin of one of those two mothers to issue a birth certificate for the child in the absence of information as to the identity of the child’s biological mother – Persons of the same sex not recognised as parents under the national legislation of that Member State of origin

Judge Rapporteur: M. Ilešič