Determining legal parentage : between family law and contract law

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Margalit, Yehezkel author

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"The last few decades have witnessed dramatic changes affecting the institutions of family and parenthood. If, in the past, the classic family was defined sociologically as a pair of heterosexual p...

"The last few decades have witnessed dramatic changes affecting the institutions of family and parenthood. If, in the past, the classic family was defined sociologically as a pair of heterosexual parents living together under one roof along with their children, different sociological changes have led to a rapid and extreme transformation in the definitions of family, marital relations, parenthood, and the relationship between parents and children. Furthermore, technological innovations have partially segregated marital relations from fertility. Therefore, it is not surprising that the scholarly literature, legislation and judicial precedents produced in recent decades contain a variety of models that presume to determine legal parentage. However, in my opinion they do not coherently resolve the dilemma regarding the determination of legal parentage in all of its manifestations. The validity, possible advantages and appropriate scope of the legal recognition of determining legal parenthood by agreement (DLPBA) is the essence of this book"--

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