Talk:Disownment

Question
Obviously a parent can disown a child, but can a child disown a parent? --62.60.98.133 (talk) 19:51, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes they can, when they reach the correct age; and please could somebody expand this article, as it is far too short for Wikipedia's Standards! User:Agent008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.255.225 (talk) 23:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing
The sole source that is here has link rotted and doesn't appear to have any archives that I can find. HMS Werewolf (talk) 00:27, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

re: "In rare cases, a society and its institutions will accept an act of disownment."
The paragraph beginning with "In rare cases, a society and its institutions will accept an act of disownment" is just // bizarre.

I realize deleting the paragraph will leave almost nothing to this entry. That's no reason to keep it. It's an esoteric example meant to bolster the first sentence in the paragraph which, I do not think, is accurate.

I think disowning a child occurs in most cultures one way or another. No, I don't have any proof. But I'm not the one who made this far-reaching claim without anything to back it up except one weird example from the British Empire.

Have a nice day. Rblack2001 (talk) 04:35, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I would note that the Society of Friends has or had a process to Disown; there is Excommunication, other institutions call it disfellowship and there is linkage to Shunning also.Djm-leighpark (talk) 07:57, 10 October 2019 (UTC)