Status and anomaly: Re D (contact and parental responsibility: Lesbian mothers and known father) [2006] EWHC 2 (Fam), [2006] 1 FCR 556

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-73

  McCandless, Julie ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care dependency; Donor father; Legal terminology; Parental responsibility; Parental status; Same sex parenting; Sexual family

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949110415     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649060802124836     Document Type: Article

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