Parent RightsThe phenomenon of unwed fathers seeking custody of their offspring is a recent development in the adoption custody process. The motives of these young men are varied and not necessarily related to the child's "best interests," as can be seen in several case studies cited. Their ...
Marriage does not define a father’s rights. Unwed fathers have rights, too; they just need to exercise those rights. Recent news aboutUtah fathers rightsindicated the state has made the process easier for fathers to exercise their rights. This has brought to light the fact that unwed fathers...
Signing Up New Fathers: Do Paternity Establishment Initiatives Increase Marriage, Parental Investment, and Child Well-Being? With nearly half of US births occurring out of wedlock, understanding how parents navigate their relationship options is important. This paper examines the consequences of a large...
Foundling fathers: (non-)marriage and parental rights in the age of equality The historical stigma of single parenting is largely a thing of the past, and there are more financial resources available to unwed parents now than ever before in history. What America's Private Adoption Agencies Need...
rights of unwed fathers in a variety of other legal contexts reveals a uniform picture of how the Court approaches parental roles in the absence of a marital union--the Court assumes that the absence of legal ties with the father ... ANTOGNINI,ALBERTINA - 《Harvard Journal of Law & Gender...
UNMARRIED fathers should be given the same parental rights and responsibilities as married men, a left-wing think tank argues today. Rights should include statutory paternity and parental leave - a benefit given in other European countries but not in Britain - says the Institute for Public Pol...
Australian Non-custodial Unwed Fathers: What is their level of parental involvement?Maggie Walter
rights of unwed fathers in a variety of other legal contexts reveals a uniform picture of how the Court approaches parental roles in the absence of a marital union--the Court assumes that the absence of legal ties with the father ... ANTOGNINI,ALBERTINA - 《Harvard Journal of Law & Gender...
Unlike married natural fathers, however, these men may only be accorded presumptive parental rights, with the presumption being rebuttable. Thus, under federal substantive due process an unwed natural father may have "an opportunity that no other male possesses to develop a relationship with his ...
To the contrary, they are remarkably consistent with the Court's treatment of unwed fathers and mothers in its equal protection jurisprudence generally. An in-depth comparison of the citizenship transmission cases with the Court's decisions regarding the rights of unwed fathers in a variety of ...