The Ceará Court recently recognized the right of a triad family to include the name of the father and both mothers in the birth certificate of their child, with the inclusion of the surname of the socio-affective mother.
We have increasingly come across legal cases that discuss the reality of polyamorous families who encounter barriers to registering their children, who are unable to register extrajudicially at registry offices, and need to resort to the Judiciary.
One of the criteria for socioaffectiveness to be recognized is that the bond between the socioaffective parent and the child/adolescent be stable, long-lasting, and socially recognized. But how can this bond be proven with an unborn child?
In these cases, the family must prove the bond between those involved in the relationship and the family planning of all of them for the arrival of the child they intend to register.
The fact is that we live in a society that has a predominantly monogamous culture. However, polyamorous families are already a reality in society and deserve legal support, not only to facilitate the recognition of their children, but also to regulate these relationships in cases of civil union breakdown and divorce, as well as for inheritance purposes.
