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The article discusses how sex marriage equality precedent affects the balance within each American state between claims to legal parentage founded on biology, function and marriage. Topics discussed include Topics discussed include ways in which the law has embraced functional parenting to a much greater degree; laws governing parental equality in the country; and the U.S Supreme Court's decision in the case "Obergefell v. Hodges" concerning same sex marriages.

The article focuses on discrimination in paternity law based on gender and marital status in the U.S. Topics discussed include discrimination in paternity law based on the parents' marital status, the impact of the marital status and gender based differences on children and their disadvantage on nonmarital children and suggestions related to reformation of paternity law to eliminate gender, status and class inequality in the U.S.

The article discusses family law and the legal basis for parentage. It describes parentage under the traditional two tracks of family law. It explains the development of modern parentage law. It also discusses rules that impose child support duties on biological fathers. It details the compromise of the 2002 Uniform Parentage Act (UPA).