Papa's Baby : Paternity and Artificial Insemination / Browne C. Lewis.
Lewis, Browne C., author.
2012
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Title Papa's Baby : Paternity and Artificial Insemination / Browne C. Lewis.
Author Lewis, Browne C., author.
ISBN 9780814753279
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814738481.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814738481.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification 346.730175
Summary When a child is conceived from sexual intercourse between a married, heterosexual couple, the child has a legal father and mother. Whatever may happen thereafter, the child's parents are legally bound to provide for their child, and if they don't, they're held accountable by law. But what about children created by artificial insemination? When it comes to paternity, the law is full of gray areas, resulting in many cases where children have no legal fathers.In Papa's Baby, Browne C. Lewis argues that the courts should take steps to insure that all children have at least two legal parents. Additionally, state legislatures should recognize that more than one class of fathers may exist and allocate paternal responsibility based, again, upon the best interest of the child. Lewis supplements her argument with concrete methods for dealing with different types of cases, including anonymous and non-anonymous sperm donors, married and unmarried women, and lesbian couples. In so doing, she first establishes different types of paternity, and then draws on these to create an expanded definition of paternity.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Children of Passion (Papa's Baby)
1. The Cuckolded Man
2. The Fornicating Man
II. Children of Science (Papa's Maybe)
3. The Non-Consenting Man
4. The Fertile Man
III. Redefining the Family
5. Expanding the Definition of Legal Child
6. The Evolving Meaning of Parenthood
IV. Rethinking Paternity Adjudication in the Best Interests of the Child
7. Towards a "Best Interests of the Child" Approach to Paternity Adjudication
8. Allocating the Paternity of Husbands, Same-Sex Partners, and Sperm Donors
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author

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