首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt t
It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt t
admin
2011-02-28
50
问题
It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That’s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It’s also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes because of parents who can’t or won’t care for them but refuse to give up custody rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly May fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager remain with the only father she’s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal claim" on her.
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, one that’s long overdue.
Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly May and another infant 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 Kimberly was, thus sparking a custody baffle with Robert May. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. May would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were brought to an end when Mr. May decided that Kimberly was being harmed.
The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. May rendered her suit debated. But the judge made it clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue on her own behalf, therefore she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit.
Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren’t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because they ______.
选项
A、found her unhappy in Mr. May’s custody
B、regarded her as their property
C、were her biological parents
D、felt guilty about their past mistake
答案
C
解析
他们申请监护权的理由是他们作为孩子生身父母的身份,把孩子当作私有财产则是他们的心态。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Datd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Somedoctorsaretakinganunusualnewapproachtocommunicatebetterwithpatients—theyareletting【C1】______readthenotestha
Howeverimportantwemayregardschoollifetobe,thereisnodenyingthefactthatchildrenspendmoretimeathomethaninth
Howeverimportantwemayregardschoollifetobe,thereisnodenyingthefactthatchildrenspendmoretimeathomethaninth
Educationisprimarilytheresponsibilityofthestates.Stateconstitutionssetupcertainstandardsandrulesfortheestablis
Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutchildrenunderfive?
After20yearsofmarriage,ahusbandmaystillnotunderstandhiswife.Howisitthatsheisneverata【C1】______forwords?Ho
After20yearsofmarriage,ahusbandmaystillnotunderstandhiswife.Howisitthatsheisneverata【C1】______forwords?Ho
Tounderstandwhysomeonebecomesanoptimistorapessimist,ithelpstounderstandwhatdistinguishesthem.Sayyoucrashyo
Tounderstandwhysomeonebecomesanoptimistorapessimist,ithelpstounderstandwhatdistinguishesthem.Sayyoucrashyo
Tounderstandwhysomeonebecomesanoptimistorapessimist,ithelpstounderstandwhatdistinguishesthem.Sayyoucrashyour
随机试题
行政机关作出的下列行为中,()属于行政复议的范围。
当系统的需求难以说明,或需求变动较大的一类系统开发时,通常使用
骨髓检查原始粒细胞>80%,早幼粒细胞12%,中幼粒细胞3%。考虑诊断为
患者。女,38岁。某皮鞋厂仓库保管员,办公室设在仓库内,自从事该工作以来常感头痛、头昏、乏力、失眠、记忆力减退、易感冒,近来又出现月经过多、牙龈出血、皮下有紫癜等而入院。应做进一步检查的项目是
患者男,30岁,身高170cm,体重56kg,双下肢瘫痪,护士于6时40分为其翻身,检查见全身皮肤状况良好,该患者下一次翻身时间是
关于非法出售、私赠文物藏品罪,下列哪些说法正确?
下列关于负债和所有者权益的说法正确的是()。
采用网下发行方式发行新股时,是由证券登记结算公司在发行结束后根据交易所电脑系统成交{己录自动完成新股股权登记。( )
设a1=1当n≥1时,an+1=,证明:数列{an}收敛并求其极限。
赤壁(Chibi)是中国著名的古战场,位于今天的湖北省境内。赤壁之战发生在三国时期(theThreeKing-domsPeriod)。刘备和孙权联合起来,巧用火攻,战胜了强大的曹操军队。因此,赤壁之战成了著名的以弱胜强的战例,许多军事文献都有提及。此
最新回复
(
0
)