We Are a Family: Legal Issues for Lesbian and Gay Parented Families In New Zealand

Authors

Janette Kelly
Nicola Surtees

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article summarises research commissioned by the New Zealand Families Commission to gain a better understanding and awareness of the legal position of gay parented families and donor parents compared to heteronormative families. The research and discussion raise issues about the limits and parameters of legal parenthood rights, responsibilities and liabilities and draws some analogies with English law in this respect.

Publication Date

2013-01-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review

Volume

5

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

49

ISSN

2054-149X

Deposit Date

March 2017

Embargo Period

2024-11-01

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Kelly, Janette and Surtees, Nicola (2013) "We Are a Family: Legal Issues for Lesbian and Gay Parented Families In New Zealand," The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review: Vol. 5, Article 4.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/plcjr/vol5/iss1/4