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Full-Text Articles in Family Law
The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power In Same-Sex Families, Deirdre M. Bowen
The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power In Same-Sex Families, Deirdre M. Bowen
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Do intact same-sex couples where one member of the couple became pregnant with assisted reproduction or was the primary adopter, and the other member became a parent through second parent adoption, understand the legal protections afforded them? In short the answer is no. An interesting family dynamic arises around those who can claim the true status as parent based on their legal understandings of parenthood and their interactions with the dominant culture. While high profile custody cases on this issue have been decided in the United States with varying results, no research has examined the impact of uneven legal protections …
The Child Protection Pretense: States' Continued Consignment Of Newborn Babies To Unfit Parents, James G. Dwyer
The Child Protection Pretense: States' Continued Consignment Of Newborn Babies To Unfit Parents, James G. Dwyer
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