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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Barracuda™ who wrote (4216)	5/3/2000 8:27:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Family Law Parental Rights and Responsibilities Parents have many important rights. These include: The right to direct the upbringing of their children. The right to direct the care that their children receive. The right to control their children's behavior. These rights allow parents to make many crucial decisions for their children. They decide where the family will live and where the children will attend school. They also decide what religion the children will practice. In addition, the parents make decisions regarding medical treatment for their children. Usually the state may not interfere with these parental decisions. However, the courts may intervene and overrule the parents in extreme cases, particularly if a child's life is threatened. For example, if a parent refuses to provide medical treatment that a child needs to survive, a judge may make the child a ward of the state and order the treatment to be provided. This has occurred even in cases where the parents were acting on the their religious beliefs. There are some instances in which children are allowed to make their own medical decisions. This is particularly true in the area of contraception and abortion. States cannot give parents an absolute veto power over a minor's decision to use contraceptives or to have an abortion. In addition to the above rights, parenthood also comes with many responsibilities, some of which are spelled out by the law. -- In Cuba, most of these rights belong to the state.