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Great webcast.
George Gordon spoke of the doctrine of Parens Patriae.
From my understanding of his broadcast:
Children were originally the sole property (in rem) of the father. The interest in the child has been moved from law to equity with equitable interests split between the mother, father, and the state. The parent-child relationship becomes the Guardian-Ward relationship with the State as the superior Guardian.
This was gathered from the book, American Jurisprudence.
My personal theory is that this relationship becomes active via the 'certificate of live birth'.
Regards,
netwrkranger
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