A lawsuit was filed with the Tokyo Family Court last Friday to seek recognition of a legal father-child relationship between the man, who was assigned female at birth, and the child born to his female partner in November 2024.
A lawsuit was filed with the Tokyo Family Court last Friday to seek recognition of a legal father-child relationship between the man, who was assigned female at birth, and the child born to his female partner in November 2024.
Is the mother a parent in that scenario, given that she gave birth but her genes weren’t involved?
Of course; adoptive parents are parents too, so why wouldn’t the person that gave birth be.
Legally, I don’t know Japanese law, but generally DNA tests aren’t done on newborns: the person who gave birth is presumed to be a parent. It would probably take legal action to change that, and if nobody wants to challenge that then they will remain a parent.
Because we’re discussing this in the context of a parent struggling to get his rights recognized in an unusual situation, so I didn’t want to assume.