Sentences with phrase «legal parent of a child»

Recognising same - sex couples as legal parents of children conceived through the use of donated sperm, eggs or embryos.

In a recent case in 2012, the state of Kansas pursued a known donor (where the child was conceived through at - home insemination) for child support when the child's mother (in a same - sex relationship) applied for government assistance for the child — despite the fact that the known donor had signed a written agreement with the intended parents stating that he would not be a legal parent of the child.

And, to no lesser degree, it looks next at the needs of the individual or couple, making sure that, if a couple, they both are interested in having children, that they have support systems in place and that they are both considered the legal parents of the child, whenever possible.

Moreover, intended parents can rest assured that, even if the baby is born elsewhere, they will still be named the legal parents of the child.

For the intended parents to become the legal parents of the child and for the transfer of Parental Responsibility to them, an application must be made to the Court for a Parental Order.

Whether married or unmarried, an individual is considered to be a legal parent of a child if he or she is a biological parent or has adopted the child.

it had been the intention of both the woman and her partner that her partner would be a legal parent of the child — each had been aware that it legally required the signing by each of them of consent forms, each of them had believed that they had signed the relevant forms and had done whatever had been needed to ensure that they would both be parents;

While assisted reproduction will not be fully regulated, the Bill will specify who the legal parents of a child are in a number of possible scenarios.

This situation can be remedied by adoption, which makes a person the legal parent of the child, with all the rights and responsibilities of parenthood.

In many cases, parental custody may be a non-issue and is typically assumed by a married couple who are legal parents of a child.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on February 22, 2018, to hear an appeal of a case where the Arizona Supreme Court found that a lesbian woman should be recognized as the legal parent of the child she and her former wife conceived through artificial insemination during their marriage.

Not exact matches

The immigration plan will help undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, and young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children.

DACA has protected about 800,000 younger immigrants who were brought to this country as children by their parents, many of them entering illegally and others staying without legal permission.

Per New York law, (NY Insurance Law § 2612; 11 NYCRR 244), a victim of domestic violence, the legal representative of the victim, or, if the victim is a child, the child's parent or guardian, may request to receive policy information or claims - related information by providing an alternative address, telephone number, or other method of contact.

Per Illinois law, (IL Rule 2028.5 +; 215 ILCS 5 / 355b), a victim of domestic violence, the legal representative of the victim, or, if the victim is a child, the child's parent or guardian, may request to receive policy information or claims - related information by providing an alternative address, telephone number, or other method of contact.

Doing so can make the child the legal owner of the loans or remove the parent as a cosigner.

There is enough legal evidence to show that the Catholic Church is a pedophile organization and any parent who attends should lose custody of their children.

Some family law scholars are now insisting that a child can have more than two legal parents, to «better reflect the dynamics of the modern family.»

Of course, homeschooling, the ultimate in putting parents in charge of their children's education and the historical model which worked for 230 years, is legal and practiced in all fifty stateOf course, homeschooling, the ultimate in putting parents in charge of their children's education and the historical model which worked for 230 years, is legal and practiced in all fifty stateof their children's education and the historical model which worked for 230 years, is legal and practiced in all fifty states.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackChildren Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackchildren, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackchildren the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

A number of parents threatened the school with legal action over the summer after their children were prevented from beginning their second year of A-levels because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

These forces are the stuff of everyday life: rates of birth higher for Mexicans and Mexican - Americans than for most other ethnic groups; a chain of entirely legal immigration, as Mexican - Americans bestow residency and citizenship on their spouses, children and parents; and a practice of illegal immigration that is, in the vast majority of instances, born from ordinary people exercising common sense.

A parent choosing to give their child the legal name Olly instead of Oliver or Lizzie instead of Elizabeth is choosing a slightly different name.

People who think homosexuals should not have special legal entitlements as a minority group, parents who do not want their eight - year - olds instructed in the use of condoms, those who insist that abortion is very bad for unborn children and their mothers — bigots one and all.

Permitting the Destruction of Life profoundly influenced the values of the general public and the ethics of the German medical and legal communities — to the point that a 1925 poll of the parents of disabled children reported that 74 percent of them would agree to the painless killing of their own children!

Swedish social engineers declared that the family was a fundamental source of social inequality and determined to break its hold on children, shooing them into institutions and effectively regulating informal family day care, the care 75 percent of Swedish parents preferred, out of legal existence.

He's advocating corporal punishment of children by their parents, which is still legal in most places.

The Scottish Government has declared it will support a member's bill brought forward by Green MSP John Finnie to scrap the legal defence of justifiable assault for parents who physically discipline their children.

Better sharing of information on existing legal tools would make these tools more widely available and encourage flexible solutions appropriate to individual situations, allowing a «step - parent» or another third party to share the exercise of parental authority when such sharing proves necessary and in the best interest of the child.

This new foundation, invented to promote the legal option of giving a child two «parents» of the same sex, is part of a fiction.

This new term, created in order to establish the principle of a homosexual parental couple and to promote the legal option of giving a child two «parents» of the same sex, is a fictitious invention.

That does not give the government (as represented by this one judge) the legal authority to usurp naming rights of a child from the child's parent / legal guardian.

This Promotion is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals.

Parental Responsibility is a legal status an adult can hold in relation to a child, which gives that adult all the «rights and responsibilities» of a parent.

This is something I have written a lot about, most recently in the wake of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce and how that's impacting their six children, and when I interviewed law professor Merle Weiner about her idea for making parent - partnerships legal.

Typically, this means that a court of law has given primary legal or physical custody to one of the parents, the parents have reached an informal agreement, or there is only one parent involved in the child's life.

Obtaining a passport for a child under the age of 16 can be tricky for single parents who share joint legal custody.

Without a legal form of grandparent custody, a parent or parents can swoop in and take their children away from the grandparents who have been caring for them.

Chris has his own blog, as he describes below, and I asked him if he would be willing to share here his efforts to try to improve this situation in his Iowa City school district, where he is now the parent of three children and teaches legal writing and analysis at the University of Iowa College of Law (but the opinions he expresses here are entirely his own).

With marriage as the yardstick, the relationship between parents with a child in common does not seem worthy of a legal status.

Prenatal Partners for Life is a group of concerned parents (most of whom have or had a special needs child), medical professionals, legal professionals and clergy whose aim is to support, inform and encourage expectant or new parents.

Physical custody relates to which parent the child lives with, while legal custody involves making major decisions on behalf of the child.

Yes — a child is considered to have a second parent in KY if a legal parent voluntarily chooses to create a family unit, and cedes to the second «parent» a sufficiently significant amount of parental responsibility.

In the U.S., in addition to legal provisions regarding the health, safety, and education of children, additional parental responsibility laws outlining the extent to which parents are held financially responsible for the actions of their children have been enacted in each of the 50 states.

Adoption creates a new legal parent - child relationship in the adoptive family with all of the rights and responsibilities of a biological parent - child relationship.

«No attorney or law firm employed by or providing legal services to Hudson Valley Adoption Services may also provide any legal services to a birth parent or an adoptive parent working with the Hudson Valley Adoption Services in regard to the placing out of a child for adoption or in an adoption proceeding.»

Adult children of divorce tend to have: lower paying jobs and less college than their parents; unstable father - child relationships; a history of vulnerability to drugs and alcohol in adolescence; fears about commitment and divorce; and negative memories of the legal system that forced custody and visitation.

The options and rights of divorced parents who live in different countries — including the legal options for having a child returned after the other parent has taken the child to another country without consent.

What child can escape unharmed when caught in the middle of highly conflicted charges and counter-charges of parental unfitness or abuse; being forced to choose sides and hide their love for the other parent; or understand the complex legal nature of the court system.

Although the bond of marriage (or other relationship) has been broken, each parent still retains a legal responsibility to provide adequate support for the child (ren).