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The book presents the first sustained theoretical analysis of what rights children should possess in connection with state decision making about their personal relationships which the state does in numerous aspects of family law, including paternity, adoption, custody and visitation, termination of parental rights, and grandparent visitation. It examines the nature and normative foundation of adults' rights in connection with relationships among themselves and then assesses the extent to which the moral principles underlying adults' rights apply also to children. It concludes that the law should ascribe to children rights equivalent (though not identical) to those which adults enjoy, and this would require substantial changes in the way the legal system treats children, including a reformation of the rules for establishing legal parent-child relationships at birth and of the rules for deciding whether to end a parent-child relationship.

Family law. Inheritance law --- United States --- Parent and child (Law) --- Children --- Guardian and ward --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- -Children --- -Guardian and ward --- -347.6 <73> --- Guardianships --- Tutelage --- Wards --- Domestic relations --- Trusts and trustees --- Conservatorships --- Interdiction (Civil law) --- Childhood --- Kids (Children) --- Pedology (Child study) --- Youngsters --- Age groups --- Families --- Life cycle, Human --- -Familierecht. Gezinsrecht. Huwelijksgoederenrecht--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Law and legislation --- 347.6 <73> Familierecht. Gezinsrecht. Huwelijksgoederenrecht--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Familierecht. Gezinsrecht. Huwelijksgoederenrecht--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 347.6 <73> --- Law --- General and Others --- Parent and child (Law) - United States --- Children - Legal status, laws, etc - United States --- Guardian and ward - United States --- United States of America