Family and Juvenile Law

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Societal groups can both opt in and out of family law systems or without choice be locked in or out. The welfare system may limit the choices of the poor to create their desired family structure and limit their choices through bureaucratic and administrative systems that enforce and enact exclusion, social control, and surveillance. In ART contracts, parties may seek parentage that statutory schemes would not require (e.g., sperm donors who seek parental rights) or be required to legally establish parentage for both same-sex married partners. Following the panel, small groups will discuss the panelists’ ideas in more depth.