Canonum De Ius Virtus Naturae
Canons of Bioethics Law

one heaven iconVI.   Homo Sapien Life

6.4 Homo Sapien Youth

Article 118 - Homo Sapien Youth

Canon 5280 (link)

Homo Sapien Youth is defined as the period from the age of eleven (11) until the age of nineteenth (19th) birthday.

Canon 5281 (link)

It is the primary responsibility of the legal parents usually as General Guardians to protect, nurture, direct and keep well all Homo Sapien Youth.

Canon 5282 (link)

The legal parents of a Homo Sapien Youth are the biological parents unless the Youth is a product of surrogacy, foster care or adoption in which case:

(i) If surrogacy, the legal parents are the ones that commissioned the surrogacy; or

(ii) If adoption, the legal parents are the ones that were accepted for adoption as adoptive parents; or

(iii) If foster care, the legal parents are the ones that were accepted as foster parents.

Canon 5283 (link)

The government, state, corporate agency or any appointed administrator are forbidden to presume the role of Guardian or General Guardian of any Youth.

Canon 5284 (link)

The legal parents of a Youth may have their powers as guardians and therefore custodians of a Youth temporarily suspended, should a lack of competency and duty to their obligations to the Youth in the following specific areas as legal parents be established:

(i) Sustained physical and mental abuse; and

(ii) Sustained lack of basic nutrition and general hygiene; and

(iii) Any form of sexual abuse.

Canon 5285 (link)

The legal parents of a Youth may have their powers as guardians and therefore custodians of an Youth permanently suspended, should it be proven there continues to be a lack of competency and duty to their obligations to the Youth in the following specific areas as legal parents be established:

(i) Sustained physical and mental abuse of other youth, children or infants under their supervision; and

(ii) Sustained lack of basic nutrition and general hygiene of other youth, children or infants under their supervision; and

(iii) History of sexual abuse of other youth, children or minors under their supervision.