Mentally disabled couple in Brazil finally granted birth certificate for their baby

From China View:

RIO DE JANEIRO (Xinhua) -- Maria Gabriela Andrade Damate, who has Down syndrome, and her boyfriend Fabio Marcheti deMoraes, who has mental retardation, finally got their baby birth certificate, following a judicial battle that lasted over two months, the Brazilian press reported June 13.

Moraes, 28, was not allowed to register his daughter, Valentina, who is now 11 weeks old, when she was born in the countryside of Sao Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The notary had argued that the father was not able to declare the baby's fatherhood.

However, the father declared his fatherhood on June 12 in the presence of Court Judge Erica Viana, who determined that the notary issue the document stating that the girl was Moraes and Damate's daughter.

The baby's grandmother supported the couples' decision to have a baby and said that she would take care of the baby.

Damate refused to register the girl as her daughter only. After she signed the certificate on Friday, she said that she still hoped to marry her boyfriend.