You Are Not the Father
The Need to Terminate the Parental Rights of Rapists to Protect Victims and Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21740032 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christina O'Dea (Christus Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 585-598 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family Court Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-2445 • E-ISSN: 1744-1617 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/fcre.12594 |
| OpenAlex | W3176722360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Twenty‐seven of fifty states require a criminal conviction to terminate the parental rights of a rapist. If a rape results in pregnancy and a woman chooses to carry that pregnancy to term, she may be subjected to fight her rapist in court over the parental rights of the child. In 2015, Congress passed the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act to incentivize states to lower this standard to “clear and convincing evidence.” This Note proposes that this Act be adopted by all fifty states to universally lower the standard of proof required in these cases
Conviction · Criminal Conviction · Criminology · Political science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |