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Once upon a time, not all that long ago in fact, sex was the only way to have a child. Sometimes, however, a child was not the participants' desired outcome and rules were developed to help the courts figure out who a child's father was when paternity was denied. These days, with the help of technology, it's possible for a couple who want | Once upon a time, not all that long ago in fact, sex was the only way to have a child. Sometimes, however, a child was not the participants' desired outcome and rules were developed to help the courts figure out who a child's father was when paternity was denied. | ||
These days, with the help of technology, it's possible for a couple who want a child to have that child using donated eggs or sperm or with the help of a surrogate mother. The question now is less often about who isn't a parent than who is. | |||
This section talks about assisted reproduction and the rules that determine who is a parent under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' when parentage is denied, and when a child has been conceived through assisted reproduction. | This section talks about assisted reproduction and the rules that determine who is a parent under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' when parentage is denied, and when a child has been conceived through assisted reproduction. |
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