PARIS — A lesbian couple in France has received approval for one wife’s two biological children to be adopted by her spouse, the first such authorized same-sex couple adoption in the country.
The adoption comes less than five months after the French government passed legalization allowing same-sex marriage and same-sex couples’ adoption.
The couple — Caroline and Pascale A., identified only by their first names and surname initial by French magazine Le Monde — were married in June, and received approval for the adoption on Thursday by a Judge of the Family Court.
Both children are reportedly the result of artificial insemination by an unknown donor or donors, according to Le Monde.
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The announcement was celebrated by the French LGBT advocacy group Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents and Future Parents, which said in a statement on its website, “That from now on, children may hear in school hallways, Two moms or two dads,’ it’s possible!”