Disownment

Disownment occurs when a parent renounces or no longer accepts a child as a family member.

Disownment might be due to actions perceived as reprehensible or lead to severe emotional consequences.

Conversely, a child might themselves seek to disown their parents or family through some form of emancipation.

[1] In Roman law, the rights called patria potestas included power of disownment.

[6] In Louisiana, the right to disown a child was called action en desaveu.