What are the implications of HIV for the custodial rights of a parent who is infected with the virus?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Steven L. v. Dawn J., 148 Misc.2d 779, 561 N.Y.S.2d 322 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1990):
Moreover, the custodial rights of a parent infected by the HIV virus have been addressed in Doe v. Roe, 139 Misc.2d 209, 526 N.Y.S.2d 718 (Sup.Ct.N.Y.Co.1988) In that case the grandparents of two children who were in the custody of their father sought to have him submit to an AIDS test. After reviewing relevant medical literature on the AIDS virus, the court concluded:
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