[v] To some bereaved families of young soldiers, the possibility of carrying on the deceased’s legacy through posthumous children is an enormous comfort. [vi]This trend lends new urgency to unresolved issues surrounding the legal relationship between a deceased parent and their PART offspring. In 2024, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law allowing posthumous conception by the partners of fallen soldiers. [xvii] Yet under current Ukrainian law, children born using the gametic material of a deceased individual are not entitled to legal heirship of that parent. Legislative bodies in the U.S. and abroad must modernize statutory definitions of parenthood for posthumously conceived children to ensure that estate law regimes are capable of responding appropriately to these evolving realities.

Source: CNN February 08, 2026 00:19 UTC