More Than Two Legal Parents?

Traditionally, parents have come in pairs, but is two the legal maximum when it comes to parental rights?  How does the law treat situations where children have more than two important parental figures, and how does assisted reproduction impact parental status? Professor Douglas NeJaime (Yale Law School) provides examples and case law to demonstrate how law regarding parentage is changing and cites cases and new laws that have empowered courts to recognized three people as legal parents.

 

  Prof. Douglas NeJaime is a professor at Yale Law School and a leader at the intersection of family law and assisted reproduction.