BROADCASTERS BEST NEWSCAST AWARD. 2 YEARS IN A ROW. >> 2 MOTHERS IN MIDWEST CITY HAVE BEEN WAITING 7 MONTHS FOR THEIR SON'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THEY UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION IN THE BEGINNING, BUT NOW THERE ARE A LITTLE CLOSER TO ANSWER HIS FORCE. KATELYN OGLE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THEM. >> WE'LL TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD BABIES AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, IT TOOK A WHILE LIKE A MONTH LIKE HE'LL BE 7 MONTHS. >> CONNORS LIFE WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT. PLAN FROM THE VERY EARLY ON. WE BOTH KNEW WE WANTED THE FAMILY AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE IN 2021, THEY DECIDED TO USE RECIPROCAL IVF. AMANDA KERRY, TIFFANY'S EGG EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT GENETICALLY RELATED TO ME, HE'S GENETICALLY HER BABY. WHEN HE ASKED WHO'S THE MOM WERE BOTH THE CONNOR ARRIVED IN JUNE. IN A STATEMENT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLING NEWS 4, QUOTE, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL REQUIRED FORMS TO BE FILLED UP TIMELY COMPLETELY AND ACCURATELY. SO WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE A RECORD BEING REQUESTED.
BUT AT THE HOSPITAL, AMANDA, TIFFANY SAID THEY HAD TO MODIFY THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN OKLAHOMA. IT'S MOTHER AND FATHER INSTEAD OF FIRST AND SECOND PARENT. SO AS THE CARING PERSON I WAS LISTED AS THE MOTHER SAYS SHE'S LISTED IN THE FATHER'S POSITION. SHE HAS A MAIDEN NAME. I DON'T HAVE A MAJOR NAMES AND SHE TOOK MY NAME. THE SPITZ'S BELIEVED JULY EMAIL CLEARED UP THAT CONFUSION IN SEPTEMBER. THE STATE FORWARD THEIR CASE TO A SPECIAL UNIT.
MEANWHILE, THE SPITZ'S PAID FEES FOR THE MODIFICATION. THEN IN DECEMBER, THE STATE SAYS IT WAS HAVING IMAGING ISSUES AT THIS POINT. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THIS PITCHES NEED CONNORS BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR TIFFANY'S INSURANCE. ANY TIME IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE HIM OFF. MY COULD LEGALLY BECAUSE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THAT HE >> IS MINE AND THE ADOPTION PROCESS BECAUSE OKLAHOMA RECOGNIZES ME AS THE MOM BECAUSE I GAVE BIRTH EVEN THOUGH WE WERE MARRIED, DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HER AS THE SECOND PARENT. >> SO BY ADOPTING, WE'RE BOTH GOING TO HAVE THE SAME LEGAL RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AS HIS PARENTS. NOW, THIS PITCH HIS WAY FOR RESPONSE AND THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE. COULD WE PLEASE GET OUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE? I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY IN MIDWEST CITY.
KATELYN OGLE, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4. WELL, THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE WOULDN'T SHARE MUCH WITH US, BUT DID SAY, QUOTE, THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. >> AND WE'RE WORKING TO EXPEDITE THE RECORD TO THE FAMILY. HOWEVER, THE SPITZ'S SAY THEY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM VITAL SINCE YESTERDAY IALSWH.