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Typically, these laws obligate adult children (or depending on the state, other family members) to pay for their indigent parents’/relatives' food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the ...
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Alabama’s Supreme Court said frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death – a decision that puts back into ...
James LePage, et al. v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Mobile Infirmary Association [a] is a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court case in which the court reaffirmed that frozen embryos are considered a minor child for statutory purposes, allowing for in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics to be held liable for the accidental loss of embryos under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor statute ...
Alabama House Democrats have proposed legislation that would clarify that an embryo outside of the uterus could not be an unborn child for purposes of state law. Republicans have not voted on that ...
Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama's governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability ...
The Human Life Protection Act, also known as House Bill 314 (HB 314) [1] and the Alabama abortion ban, [2] is an Alabama statute enacted on May 15, 2019, that imposes a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Originally set to go into effect in November 2019, a legal challenge against the bill delayed implementation until 2022.
The court decision decided only if embryos are covered under Alabama's wrongful death statute, said Mary Ziegler, a legal historian at the University of California, Davis School of Law.
Having PRRs entitles a parent to take key decisions relating to the child, such as where they will live and go to school, and what medical treatment they should receive. In addition, parents have an obligation to provide financial support for their children under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 37) and the Child Support Act 1991 (c 38).