Decided 28 March 2003 End date March 28, 2003 | Decision by Justice Goldstone | |
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Full case name J and B v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others Citation(s) [2003] ZACC 3, 2003 (5) BCLR 463, 2003 (5) SA 621 (CC) Appealed from Durban and Coast Local Division Judges sitting Chaskalson CJ, Langa DCJ, Ackermann, Goldstone, Madala, Mokgoro, Moseneke, O'Regan & Yacoob JJ Ruling court Constitutional Court of South Africa Judge sittings Laurie Ackermann, Richard Goldstone, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro , Dikgang Moseneke People also search for Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development | ||
J and B v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others is a 2003 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which dealt with the situation of children born via artificial insemination to a lesbian couple in a permanent life-partnership. The court ruled that the partner who was not the biological parent was to be regarded as a natural parent and guardian and that the children were legitimate in law, and ordered the Department of Home Affairs to register both partners as parents on the children's birth certificates.
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