While unmarried couples enjoy many of
the same parental rights as married couples, the route to establishing those rights is often more complex.
«I wanted to look at whether, in the unfortunate event of maternal death, a father could take over the maternity leave and benefits so that as sole surviving parent he had
the same parental rights as new mothers and more importantly could provide the same level of child care.»
Not exact matches
From divvying up assets to asserting
parental rights, the details of divorce that can be more clear - cut with heterosexual marriages are creating complications for
same - sex couples.
The government had initially planned to extend statutory maternity pay (SMP) from 39 to 52 weeks at the
same time as increasing paternity
rights, which will allow parents to share up to six months
parental leave after the baby's first six months.
So now men are encountering the
same prejudice many women face when they take up their new
right to shared
parental leave.
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a nonbiological mother has the
same rights as a biological one, overturning a lower court ruling that had given
parental rights to her child's anonymous sperm donor instead.
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For
same - sex couples with children, the end of their relationship can mean difficulties in establishing
parental rights for both parents when one partner is not recognized as a legal parent by the state and by the court, and therefore is not granted custody or visitation.
When
same - sex couples face divorce, details like length of marriage and
parental rights are not legally clear - cut.
If you are unmarried and have
parental responsibility, then you have the
same rights as any married parent.
The case of Obergefell v. Hodges - now considered a landmark case in civil
rights - gave
same - sex couples the
right to marry and to enjoy the state - bestowed benefits of joint tax filing, healthcare decision - making as a spouse, equal
parental rights, and so on.
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This issue should not be confused with the issue of Shared
Parental Responsibility (legal custody), which is awarded to both parents in the vast majority of cases and which gives each parent the
same right to participate in making important decisions affecting their children in areas such as education, medical care, religious upbringing, etc..
The acquisition of
parental responsibility by a step - parent vests in them the
same duties and responsibilities as a natural parent, but does not affect the
rights and responsibilities of the other parents with
parental responsibility.
If you are in a
same - sex relationship and are considering adoption or conceiving using a donor, it's important to be aware of the issues that
same - sex couples face to make sure that your
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Despite a few questionable studies, 2 the overwhelming majority of research on
same - sex parenting has found no cause for preventing
same - sex couples from becoming parents or for removing
parental rights from existing
same - sex couples.3, 4
When used this way, «
parental rights» has the
same meaning as «child custody» in other states.
However, please speak with an attorney or one knowledgeable about
parental rights and obligations of
same - sex parents before or even after you have entered into this
parental relationship as there are some consequences that you need to be aware of and an adoption may be essential and recommended.
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Parental Rights Sexual Abuse Shared Parenting Slander Special Advocate Special Master Spouse Spousal Support Sole Custody Special Needs Child Split Custody SPLS (State Parent Locator Services) Spousal Maintenance Stalking Stare Decisis State Court Statute Stay of Proceedings Stay - Away Order Stepchild Stepparent Adoption Stipulation Stipulated Agreement Strike Structured Settlement Sua Sponte Subordination Subpoena Subpoena Ad Testificandum Subpoena Duces Tecum Substantive Law Success Fee Suit Summary Divorce Summary Judgment Summons Superior Court Supervised Access (Visitation) Surplusage
Once again couched in the rhetoric of equality, father's
rights groups used some of the very
same arguments to achieve a surge of support for father's
rights, including the revolutionary UNWED father's
rights, all under the
same guise of «
parental responsibility.»
The movement for gender equality, along with the rise of fathers»
rights groups, called attention to the importance of both parents in the care of children at the
same time as loosening the link between gender and
parental roles.