{"id":287,"date":"2014-05-18T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:57:26","slug":"hollywood-spotlight-grows-brighter-for-jason-patric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/hollywood-spotlight-grows-brighter-for-jason-patric\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood spotlight grows brighter for Jason Patric"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a difference a year makes in this high profile custody dispute.<\/p>\n

Last February, a judge told actor Jason Patric he had no visitation rights to see Gus. As the judge saw it, Gus is a four-year-old boy conceived via artificial insemination using Patric\u2019s sperm to impregnate Danielle Schreiber, his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n

The couple, together for nearly a decade, encountered their periodic breakups.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, after Gus was born, Patric and Schreiber raised Gus for more than a year together.\u00a0 Since that time, they parted ways for good.<\/p>\n

After calling it quits, it appears Patric wasn\u2019t prepared for Schreiber\u2019s refusal to see Gus.\u00a0 Patric has maintained and fought that he\u2019s not only Gus\u2019 biological father, but a true father in every way.<\/p>\n

Correspondent of Good Morning America<\/a>, Cecilia Vega reports, \u201cPatric has ammunition which includes forms he signed at the sperm clinic promising \u2018an intent to parent.\u2019\u201d <\/i>She continued, \u201cHe is seeking full custody.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>On the flipside, in the same article it reads, \u201cIn a statement to ABC News, Schreiber said Patric offered to donate sperm after the two broke up \u2018under the express condition\u2019 that it be kept secret and \u2018that he would not be a father to or have any obligations, rights or responsibilities for my child.\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Schreiber and her legal team also have let the courts know that Patric did not sign Gus\u2019 birth certificate.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s rewind back to last February when the legal battle encountered its first huge stumbling block.<\/p>\n

Co-authors Snejana Farberov and James Gordon of The Daily Mail<\/a> reminded readers in its recent article, \u201cthe actor lost a court battle to gain visitation rights with Gus under a California law that grants the mother full custody in the absence of a written agreement establishing parental rights.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Since this Los Angeles Superior Court ruling, Patric has not seen Gus for more than a year.<\/p>\n

Remember earlier when I mentioned what a difference a year makes?\u00a0 Well, it did.\u00a0 The tide has turned in Patric\u2019s direction since the trial reversal last week.<\/p>\n

The co-authors continued, \u201cCalifornia appeals court judge Thomas Willhite says that the presumption against in-vitro fathers shouldn\u2019t be \u2018so categorical,\u2019 and that the family law code \u2018does not preclude a donor from establishing that he is a presumed father.\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Am I surprised of this reversal?\u00a0 Not really. Patric and his legal team had a great deal of evidence which supported that he was a \u201cpresumed parent\u201d under the UPA\u00a0(Uniform Parentage Act).<\/p>\n

Now, since the California Appellate Court has reversed the lower court\u2019s original decision, legal maneuvers can motor forward.\u00a0 With the trial back on track, it can be determined whether or not Patric is Gus\u2019 legal father and if he can be granted custody.<\/p>\n

While Patric is embroiled in a heated custody dispute, all of this raises questions regarding sperm donation in terms of \u201cparental alienation.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Anthony McCartney, AP Entertainment writer for his article titled, \u201c<\/i><\/b>Actor Jason Patric’s custody case ruling may impact other dads<\/i><\/b>,\u201d he highlights how this custody battle may have an impact for women using fertility treatments.<\/p>\n

McCartney writes, \u201cLegal experts say an appellate court ruling issued Wednesday in favor of Patric\u2019s fight to regain visitation with his son could lead to changes in cases like his, in which a man donates sperm to a woman he knows and then maintains a relationship with the child.\u201d He adds, \u201cAnd Patric\u2019s legal victory doesn\u2019t just impact heterosexual couples; experts say it could also affect same-sex couples who have friends or acquaintances serve as sperm donors.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a new, modern America out there which means fatherhood — and parenthood — is being redefined. \u00a0While the law is intended to define and protect those who use assisted reproduction techniques, it looks like modern parenthood and coupling (Conscious uncoupling anyone?) require a rewrite.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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