The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That’s an important development, though not so much in time.
Shorly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly’s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasn’t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but Kim only was, thus causing a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would continue to have custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.
The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused people to debate her suit. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have rights to make a decision on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just possession to be handled as adults saw it.
Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is important. But biological parents aren’t alway preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not have an complete ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
1. What was first of all considered in the Florida judge’s ruling?
A. The biological link
B. The child’s benefits
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