Heather Martin Gartner and Melissa Gartner, Individually and as Next Friends of Mackenzie Jean Gartner, a Minor Child v. Iowa Department of Public Health

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 12–0243 Filed May 3, 2013 HEATHER MARTIN GARTNER and MELISSA GARTNER, Individually and as Next Friends of MACKENZIE JEAN GARTNER, a Minor Child, Appellees, vs. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Eliza J. Ovrom, Judge. The State appeals from a district court order requiring the Iowa Department of Public Health to issue a birth certificate naming the nonbirthing spouse in a lesbian marriage as the parent of a child born to the couple while married. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney…