Best interests of the child
Subject in Parenting
Best interests of the child has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including In The Dark. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ava KaufmanInvestigative reporter and host of The Journey, a season of In the Dark from The New Yorker
Kaufman explains that, unlike family law generally, surrogacy law typically does not apply a best-interest-of-the-child analysis.
“When it comes to surrogacy law, however, the best interest of a child is typically not in play”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 31:30
Kemper Beasley IIIAttorney for the Prince Edward County, Virginia, Department of Social Services
Beasley argues it would not serve the baby's best interest to remove her from Melissa Epps, the only caregiver she knows.
“It doesn't seem in the best interest of the child to be removed from the only thing the child knows”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 24:58
Podcasts
- In The Dark · 1 episode
Episodes
The Journey, Episode 4: The CourtsIn The Dark · Oct 6, 2026 · 56 min
Reporter Ava Kaufman follows two Virginia surrogates who defied their contracts with an investigated Los Angeles couple, revisiting Baby M and attending a Farmville custody hearing.