I Consented to Do What?: Posthumous Children and the Consent to Parent After-Death

Authors

Amanda Horner

Abstract

This Comment advocates the implementation of a bright line test to establish paternity or maternity for children born posthumously. The Comment does not address whether posthumous children should inherit from intestate estates or receive social security benefits, but rather focuses on the current consent requirements nationwide and the revisions needed to help parents plan for the birth of their children long after their death.

Recommended Citation

Amanda Horner, I Consented to Do What?: Posthumous Children and the Consent to Parent After-Death, 33 S. Ill. U. L.J. 157 (2008).
Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol33/iss1/7