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*the one or two people who want to have the child, the ''intended parents'', are parents, | *the one or two people who want to have the child, the ''intended parents'', are parents, | ||
*the donor of sperm or an egg ''is not a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes the donor a parent, and | *the donor of sperm or an egg ''is not a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction agreement that makes the donor a parent, and | ||
*a surrogate mother ''is a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes her not a parent. | *a surrogate mother ''is a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction agreement that makes her not a parent. | ||
If you do the math, you'll see that under the ''Family Law Act'' a child can have up to five parents. The act doesn't discriminate between parents who are intended parents and parents who are donors or surrogate mothers. In for a penny, in for a pound, as the saying goes: a parent under an assisted reproduction agreement is liable to pay child support just like every other parent, but is also presumed to be the guardian of a child under s. 39(3). | If you do the math, you'll see that under the ''Family Law Act'' a child can have up to five parents. The act doesn't discriminate between parents who are intended parents and parents who are donors or surrogate mothers. In for a penny, in for a pound, as the saying goes: a parent under an assisted reproduction agreement is liable to pay child support just like every other parent, but is also presumed to be the guardian of a child under s. 39(3). | ||