One mom said she cried for 10 days after hearing she was being removed from her daughter's birth certificate.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The child is not taken away. The non-biological mother loses her status as a parent, but the biological mother is still registered as the child's mother.

This does mean, however, that if the biological mother dies the state may take the child away from the non-biological mother.

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