Transforming law's family : the legal recognition of planned lesbian motherhood /

Transforming law's family : the legal recognition of planned lesbian motherhood /

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Author / Creator:	Kelly, Fiona J., 1975-
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 213 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Law and society, 1496-4953 Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Subject:	Lesbian mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada. Lesbian couples as parents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada. Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships -- Canada. Lesbian mothers -- Canada -- Interviews. Parent and child (Law) -- Canada. Law reform -- Canada. Law reform. Lesbian mothers. Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships. Lesbian mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. Parent and child (Law) Canada. Electronic books. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103012

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Varying Form of Title:	Legal recognition of planned lesbian motherhood
ISBN:	9780774819657 0774819650 1283245558 9781283245555 9780774819633 0774819634
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In the past few decades, gays and lesbians, along with their families, have become more visible members of Canadian society, enjoying increasing levels of legal recognition. In the area of legal parenthood, however, significant questions remain unanswered. In Transforming Law's Family, Fiona Kelly explores the complex issues encountered by planned lesbian families as they work to define their parental rights, roles, and family structures within the tenets of family law. While Canadian courts recognize lesbian parenthood in some circumstances, a number of issues that are largely unique to planned lesbian families--such as the legal status of known sperm donors and non-biological mothers--persist. Drawing on interviews with lesbian mothers, this groundbreaking book illuminates the changing definitions of family and suggests a model for law reform that would enable the legal recognition of alternative forms of parentage. The first empiricle study in Canada to address the legal dimensions of planned lesbian families, this book makes an important contribution to family law, queer studies, and law reform literature"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Kelly, Fiona J., 1975- Transforming law's family. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011 9780774819633

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Summary:	<p>In the past few decades, gays and lesbians, along with theirfamilies, have become more visible members of Canadian society,enjoying increasing levels of legal recognition. In the area of legalparenthood, however, significant questions remain unanswered. InTransforming Law's Family, Fiona Kelly explores thecomplex issues encountered by planned lesbian families as they work todefine their parental rights, roles, and family structures within thetenets of family law.</p> <p>While Canadian courts recognize lesbian parenthood in somecircumstances, a number of issues that are largely unique to plannedlesbian families - such as the legal status of known spermdonors and non-biological mothers - persist. Drawing oninterviews with lesbian mothers, this groundbreaking book illuminatesthe changing definitions of family and suggests a model for law reformthat would enable the legal recognition of alternative forms ofparentage.</p> The first empirical study in Canada to address the legal dimensions ofplanned lesbian families, this book makes an important contribution tofamily law, queer studies, and law reform literature.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 213 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
ISBN:	9780774819657 0774819650 1283245558 9781283245555 9780774819633 0774819634
ISSN:	1496-4953