Authors

Helena Campos Refosco
Martha Maria Guida Fernandes

Article Title

Same-Sex Parents and Their Children: Brazilian Case Law and Insights from Psychoanalysis

Abstract

This Article argues that maternal and paternal functions can be performed by same-sex parents from a psychological point of view. Consequently, the legal recognition of their relationship with their children meets the principle of human dignity pursuant to the Brazilian Federal Constitution.

Repository Citation

Helena Campos Refosco and Martha Maria Guida Fernandes, Same-Sex Parents and Their Children: Brazilian Case Law and Insights from Psychoanalysis, 23 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 175 (2017), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmjowl/vol23/iss2/2