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Parental rights for divorcing lesbian couples |
4th August 2009 |
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New changes in the law
Changes in the law now mean that anyone can be named as the co-parent when a child is conceived via donor insemination - assuming the mother is not married or in a civil partnership. In most cases though, that person will be the biological mother鈥檚 partner or husband. It means that people who are not married can take on the same parenting responsibilities as those who are. It also means that same sex couples have identical legal standing as heterosexual ones; and the same duties to the child should the relationship break down. So is it easier when two women split up and have to work out child access arrangements, or can it be just as听- or even more -听acrimonious? Jenni is joined by Alison Burt, a solicitor who specialises in children鈥檚 cases, and by Dr Catherine Donovon, a Reader at Sunderland University, who has written extensively about lesbian and gay families. |
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