J v Director General, Department of Home Affairs
| J v Director General, Department of Home Affairs |
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| Court |
Constitutional Court of South Africa |
| Full case name |
J and B v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others |
| Date decided |
28 March 2003 |
| Citation(s) |
[2003] ZACC 3, 2003 (5) BCLR 463, 2003 (5) SA 621 (CC) |
| Judges sitting |
Chief Justice Chaskalson, Deputy Chief Justice Langa, Justices Ackermann, Goldstone, Madala, Mokgoro, Moseneke, O'Regan, Yacoob |
| Decision by |
Justice Goldstone |
| Appealed from |
Durban and Coast Local Division |
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.[1][2]
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