parentage

Example Sentences

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He sought to invalidate the surrogacy contract as unconstitutional, denying the couple’s claim of parentage over their child.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Florida law also allows non-biological fathers and mothers to establish their parentage via contractual consent when they conceive using donated sperm, eggs, or embryos.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

He made a declaration of parentage application to the Family Court after discovering a couple he donated sperm to had named the mother's partner as the father on the baby's birth certificate.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Courts in different jurisdictions don’t necessarily have visibility into parentage applications filed elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Her bracelet tinkled, calling communicants to the altar, but the only one in the temple had been excommunicated from the Faith because of his parentage and continued mopping.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole