What is platonic parenting, and why do attorneys and judges need to  familiarize themselves with this emerging and sometimes controversial concept? 

When social commentators  speak of a “platonic parenting” agreement,  they may be  referencing a non-traditional arrangement wherein two or more  persons—who have no present intentions of a romantic relationship—nonetheless agree to jointly conceive and raise a child together. Largely unheard of a generation ago, this type of agreement often  involves one of the two following situations, resulting in a planned pregnancy by either artificial insemination or natural conception: 

  1. The parties are not in a romantic relationship, but are historically “good friends” and agree to conceive and raise a child together, without  forming a single household or other traditional family unit;
  2. The parties are historical strangers to each other, but meet either online or through a common intermediary for the express purpose of exploring the possibility of having a child  and raising a child together, without commitment of a present or future romantic relationship.

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