Sexual offences and forensic psychiatry: legal status of ART children: practice question

A Forensic Medicine question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Forensic Medicine · Sexual offences and forensic psychiatry: legal status of ART children

Sample item

A couple conceives with donor gametes through a clinic registered under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021. What is the legal status of the child?

ABiological child of the intending couple, with the donor having no parental rightsBChild of the donor, who retains parental rightsCChild of the couple only after adoptionDChild with no legal parentage until a court decides

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The answer and the reasoning

A. Biological child of the intending couple, with the donor having no parental rights

The Act provides that a child born through ART is deemed the biological child of the intending couple with all rights, and the donor relinquishes parental rights. No adoption is needed.

Option by option

A. Biological child of the intending couple, with the donor having no parental rights (correct)
Correct. The child is deemed the couple's own and the donor has no parental claim.
B. Child of the donor, who retains parental rights
The donor relinquishes parental rights under the Act.
C. Child of the couple only after adoption
Adoption is not required for a child born through registered ART.
D. Child with no legal parentage until a court decides
Parentage is statutory and does not wait for a court order.

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Questions about this Forensic Medicine question

What is the answer to this Forensic Medicine question?

The best answer is A, Biological child of the intending couple, with the donor having no parental rights. The Act provides that a child born through ART is deemed the biological child of the intending couple with all rights, and the donor relinquishes parental rights.

Why is "Child of the donor, who retains parental rights" not the answer?

The donor relinquishes parental rights under the Act.

Why is "Child of the couple only after adoption" not the answer?

Adoption is not required for a child born through registered ART.

Why is "Child with no legal parentage until a court decides" not the answer?

Parentage is statutory and does not wait for a court order.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Sexual offences and forensic psychiatry: legal status of ART children in Forensic Medicine. No adoption is needed.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Sexual offences and forensic psychiatry: legal status of ART children?

Learn postmortem changes with their timelines, and toxicology as poison, sign, test and antidote. Then use the flashcards and the other Forensic Medicine questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.