Boy can have three parents, court rules

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Canadian boy can have two mothers and a father, an Ontario court ruled this week in a landmark case that redefines the meaning of family and examines the rights of parents in same-sex relationships.

The Ontario Court of Appeal said the female partner of the child’s biological mother could be legally recognised as the boy’s third parent.

The biological father, named on the boy’s birth certificate, is a friend of both women and is taking an active role in the child’s life.