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Law and the complexities of parenting: parental status and parental function

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:41 authored by Craig Lind, Tom Hewitt
In this paper we explore three types of parental relationships which have grown in importance over the course of the last quarter of a century. Our object is to explore the extent to which assisted reproduction parents, same-sex parents and step-parents, assist us in our reconsiderations of the legal status of parents and of the responsibilities that they fulfil in law. We argue that thinking about these parental types will encourage us to embrace a formal fragmentation of parental status. This in turn will help us to restore clarity to the concept of parental responsibility and address the need to create legal hierarchies of parental status for children. It will also cause us to reconsider the extent and uniformity of the legal consequences of parental status.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

ISSN

0964-9069

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

4

Volume

31

Page range

391-406

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  • Law Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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