Gay married couple sues after daughter denied us citizenship

Roee Kiviti and Adiel Kiviti, a same-sex Maryland couple, is suing over the State Department's refusal to recognize the U.S. citizenship of their infant daughter. A gay married couple in Maryland is suing to challenge the State Department's refusal to recognize the U.S. citizenship of their infant daughter, who was born in Canada to a surrogate mother this year.

Mize-Gregg, a gay married couple in Atlanta, in July sued the State Department after it refused to recognize the U.S. citizenship of their daughter who was born via surrogacy in England in Everything but a toothbrush and U.S. citizenship. To remedy what their parents, a gay married couple, view as an injustice, Ethan Dvash-Banks became a plaintiff at the tender age of 16 months in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department that seeks the same rights his brother has as an American citizen.

READ MORE: Gay married couple in Maryland sues after daughter denied US citizenship “The process that we went through was degrading. It was insulting,” Roee said. At the time of Simone's birth, Gregg had lived in the U. A year later, they married. Our child was created to be loved So, instead, they've vowed to fight and explore their options, not just for their family but for others in similar situations.

Even though only Adiel has a direct biological relationship to Kessem, the family's lawyers said, U. Gregg was one year short. It is also unlawful," the lawsuit says.

Gay couple sues State Department for denying daughter's citizenship

Couple's daughter was born to a surrogate in Britain. A friend of Gregg's, a British citizen, volunteered to be the surrogate. He has therapy for his eyes every month. And here we are, going to that little glass window and have someone tell me I'm not her father. After submitting the DNA test results that proved who fathered each boy, the couple received a large and small envelope from the U.

But the logistics of that can be taxing.

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After their daughter was born, the couple went through a number of legalities in Britain to prove Simone's birth using a surrogate had been done in an "ethical way. All Rights Reserved. The other was a letter notifying Andrew that Ethan's application had been denied. I'm her father, I really am. Gregg had introduced the woman to her husband years before and the couple had two children.

Featured Weekly Ad. The men knew that Andrew was Aiden's biological father and Elad was Ethan's but they had kept it a secret and hadn't planned on telling anyone. After the State Department denied the birthright citizenship of one of the twin sons of Elad and Andrew Dvash-Banks, a federal judge in California ruled in February that the Dvash-Banks' twin son has been a U. When the couple started talking about having a baby, they made the decision to use a donor egg from an unknown woman.

In the last 10 years, we started to believe this is all over, we convinced society that our relationships matter, we convinced the Supreme Court that our marriages matter.

Everything but a toothbrush and U. Under U. One father being treated for brain tumor. Then, in , he met Gregg. Roee and Adiel Kiviti were both born in Israel but became U. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year and underwent surgery in November. I want to go to church on Sunday and have a simple life. Talking to the Clarion Ledger from his home in Atlanta, Mize detailed what life has been like for the couple the last few years — from disappointments to joys in the IVF process, a health scare for Gregg and being told their daughter is viewed as child born out of wedlock by the U.