BOSTON — When Jacob and Daniel Morris sought to fulfill the dream of becoming parents together, they traveled to Pennsylvania to seek a surrogate. It was there that both their names would be on their child’s birth certificate.
The family now lives in Grafton but was celebrating the Parentage Act signing at the State House Monday by Gov. Maura Healey. It was a seven-year slough to get the bill through the legislative process and on her desk.
“Now everybody in Massachusetts will have the opportunity we had,” said Daniel Morris, whose daughter, Iris, 3, sat on his lap, with his son, Jameson, 7, beside him, clapping and waving Pride flags throughout the ceremony.
“They are the best dads,” said Pamela Morris, who was visiting her grandchildren from North Carolina when the family learned of the bill signing and traveled to Boston to witness the historic moment. “They knew from the moment they were married that children were in the stars for them and worked toward that goal.”
The men have been a couple for almost 20 years and married for 11.