legal parenthood
Official family status
Legal parenthood is the status of being recognized by law as a child's parent, with all attendant rights and responsibilities—custody, inheritance, decision-making authority.
It may arise from biology, marriage, adoption, or court order.
Legal parenthood doesn't always align with biological parenthood: The adoption established her legal parenthood.
He challenged the presumption of legal parenthood after a DNA test.
- adoption agencyService arranging child placement
- child custodyLegal parental responsibility allocation
- surrogate motherWoman bearing another's child
- gestational carrierPerson carrying another's pregnancy
- birth motherParent who delivered child
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