2012
DOI: 10.1017/s0738248011000587
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The Right to a Father's Name: A Historical Perspective on State Efforts to Combat the Stigma of Illegitimate Birth in Brazil

Abstract: Over the past decade, state agencies throughout Brazil have launched initiatives that aim to defend children's rights to their father's name. These initiatives take the form of discrete programs in different states, all of which seek to identify children who lack a paternal last name-an estimated 10-25 percent of all Brazilian children 1 -in hopes of finding their fathers and encouraging or

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“…In subsequent decades, judges frequently decided in favor of children whose father had provided a name, financial support, education, or affection, particularly if this were public knowledge. Although these elements were understood as evidence of a biological relationship, in practice, judgments reinforced a social and emotional conception of fatherhood 13,24 .…”
Section: Illegitimacy and Paternal Recognition In Brazilian Historymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In subsequent decades, judges frequently decided in favor of children whose father had provided a name, financial support, education, or affection, particularly if this were public knowledge. Although these elements were understood as evidence of a biological relationship, in practice, judgments reinforced a social and emotional conception of fatherhood 13,24 .…”
Section: Illegitimacy and Paternal Recognition In Brazilian Historymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Pena 1 , the DNA test revolutionized family law in favor of single mothers, putting an end to their humiliation in trials in which the defense invariably attacked the woman's sexual honor. This perspective was supported by advocates for single mothers in the 1990s, who demanded DNA tests in order to hold fathers accountable, pointing out that up to 25% of Brazilian children were not legally recognized by their fathers 13,53 . Whereas many observers had decried the effect of previous blood tests that could only exclude, but not affirm paternity as potentially benefitting only the alleged father, DNA tests were thus promoted by Pena and others as vindication for women 54 .…”
Section: The Impact Of Dna Paternity Testing On Family Lawmentioning
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“…8-15)? Is the argument for right to identity and origin for a child born to unmarried parents limited to identification with a father or father's name (Caulfield, 2012;Deech, 1992)? Should a father in fact be allowed the liberty to withhold his name from his child?…”
Section: The Case For the Childmentioning
confidence: 99%