Parentage, and the Late Artist (Formerly) Known as Prince
We wrote last week about the law of parentage, and how Arizona law is evolving in the modern world. Other jurisdictions, and other problems, address related issues. Surprisingly, perhaps, the probate of Prince’s estate sheds light on some of those problems. Prince’s family history As any rock fan of rock music or popular culture knows, […]
Arizona Appellate Decision Addresses Interesting Parentage Question
OCTOBER 17, 2016 VOLUME 23 NUMBER 39 Kelly and Sam are a married couple. They want to have a child, but cannot do so together, so they agree that Kelly will undergo artificial insemination. The process is successful, and Kelly delivers a beautiful baby boy, Edward. Does Sam have any duty to support Edward? If […]
Paternity Testing Allows Unacknowledged Son to Share in Estate
NOVEMBER 21, 2011 VOLUME 18 NUMBER 40 Paternity testing has come a long way in the last few decades. You might reasonably think that it is now so easy to establish parentage that probate court disputes about the subject would be largely a thing of the past. If you thought that, you’d be wrong. Just […]
Massachusetts First on Modern Conception and Inheritance
JANUARY 7, 2002 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 28 If a husband and wife “bank” sperm so that the wife may conceive artificially, and the wife conceives through insemination of this sperm after the husband dies, will children resulting from such a pregnancy enjoy the inheritance rights of “natural” children in Massachusetts? Last week the Massachusetts Supreme […]