2021/04/09 by Benjamin, Moron-Puech
Social Sciences · #Social Policies and Family
paper · doi:10.13131/2611-657x.whatever.v4i1.129
openalex publication_date 2021/04/09 · openalex created_date 2021/07/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This text sums up the various legal difficulties that “rainbow families” do or may encounter in European countries nowadays. By “rainbow families” — a broader notion than same-sex couple — we mean families whose founding couple include one or more LGBTIQ individuals. This text deals with issues concerning both the relationship between the couple’s members (access to a form of legal union, protection of the couple’s patrimonial and extra-patrimonial interests) and the relationship between the couple and their child or children (ability to have children and to establish and maintain a relationship with them).