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grandchild

vr.tr.grandchild · XCT.REL

Let an agent handle the grandchild relation as a second-degree kinship tie with legal effects in inheritance, custody and immigration.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle the grandchild relation as a second-degree kinship tie with legal effects in inheritance, custody and immigration.

A child of one own child: a grandson or granddaughter, including step-grandchildren and adopted grandchildren in social and often legal usage.

What it is for: Defining family relationships and the rights and duties that follow.

It can be establish the relationship, by records; inherit, under succession law; seek contact or custody, where law allows; translate kinship terms.

Distinguishing features

Second-degree lineal descendant

Includes step and adoptive relations socially

Legal rights vary by jurisdiction

Great-grandchildren are a further degree

What it looks like

A relationship, not an object; shown in family trees and records.

How it is recognised

Family trees two generations down

Birth and adoption records linking generations

Terms such as neptis in Latin

Related models

is a kind of - relation

kinship

is the converse of - relation

grandparent

has legal effect in - law

inheritance

is established by - evidence

civil records

In practice

Families and kinds

grandson and granddaughter

step-grandchildren

adopted grandchildren

great-grandchildren

Standards and regulation

Succession law

Family law on grandparent contact

Immigration rules on family members

Failure modes and hazards

Assuming legal rights that do not exist

Revealing family data without consent

Translation errors for kinship terms

Also called

granddaughtergrandsongreat-grandsonstepgranddaughterneptisstepgrandsonneposson's sonproneposdaughter's childson's child

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Relation Who is whose grandchild.

The relation must be specified.

Link

Through which child.

Link

The intermediate parent.

  1. Through which child is this person a grandchild? definition
  2. Is the relation biological, step or adoptive? boundary

Evidence

Records.

Evidence

Proof of the relationship.

  1. Which records establish the relationship? provenance
  2. Are they recognised here? boundary
Legal effects Rights and duties.

Legal effects vary.

Inheritance

Succession.

Inheritance

Inheritance rights.

  1. Does the grandchild inherit, and in what share? boundary
  2. Under which succession rules? provenance

Contact and care

Custody.

Contact

Contact and care rights.

  1. What rights to contact or care exist? boundary
  2. Which court decides? provenance
Language Terms.

Terms differ by language and side of family.

Terms

Kinship words.

Terms

Kinship terms.

  1. Which term is used in this language? definition
  2. Does it distinguish son side and daughter side? boundary

Translation

Equivalents.

Translation

Translation.

  1. How should the term be translated? action
  2. Is any nuance lost? boundary
Privacy Family data.

Family data concerns several people.

Data

Handling.

Data

Data rules.

  1. Is family data handled lawfully? boundary
  2. Who else is affected? boundary

Minors

Children data.

Minors

Protection of children.

  1. Is the grandchild a minor, requiring extra care? boundary
  2. What must not be shared? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should kinship relations be modelled as relations rather than entries?
  • How should step and adoptive relations be distinguished?
  • How should agents handle family data?