Question

Explain the specific challenges for planning with domestic partners who have children.

Answer 1

A domestic partnership is a special provision in law provide right to two unmarried person to live together and lead a common domestic life. They are not legally same as Common law of marriage ,but person are free to live together as contract. But the domestic partnership doesn’t provide a clear clause on parental right. Parental rights are supported by state legislation only , which may varies from state to state. In most of the cases, unmarried parents have comparatively lesser rights. Seven states still consider illegal of living together of unmarried couples. A couple in domestic partnership may raise a child , biologically belong to either of them. In such condition, the biological unrelated parent has no parental rights without proper adoption. In the case of division, a non-biological parent has no right of custody. They have to take some extra steps for child's future in situation of death of biological parent as partner cannot be consider as the legal guardian.