Legal Question in Family Law in California

if a single women has a baby with a married man who has more rights


Asked on 11/26/11, 10:50 pm

5 Answers from Attorneys
Michael Schneider Family Law Center

Neither has MORE rights than the other, regardless of the situation of the birth

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Answered on 11/26/11, 10:52 pm
Arlene Kock Law Offices of Arlene D. Kock APLC

The child has a right to have a relationship with both parents. The child is not chattel.

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Answered on 11/27/11, 7:30 am

Just to clarify, "chattle" is an old fashioned term for personal property. What Ms. Kock means is the child is a person with rights, not a piece of property to whom the parents have rights against each other like some car or bank account.

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Answered on 11/27/11, 5:11 pm


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