Book contents
- Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
- Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Instruments
- Introduction
- 1 The Best Interests Principle
- 2 The Best Interests of the Child
- 3 Parental Responsibility
- 4 Adoption
- 5 Donor Conception
- 6 Surrogacy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Adoption
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
- Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
- Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Instruments
- Introduction
- 1 The Best Interests Principle
- 2 The Best Interests of the Child
- 3 Parental Responsibility
- 4 Adoption
- 5 Donor Conception
- 6 Surrogacy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 examines the area of adoption law. The chapter argues that, from a children’s rights perspective, there is no logical basis for refusing to allow same-sex couples to access joint adoption and further that the best interests of the child may in fact demand that such access is made available. The suitability of adoption as a means to secure existing family relationships (so called ‘second parent adoption’) is also considered.
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- Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle , pp. 114 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020