By the same token, the non-legal parent would also have no legal obligation to the child whatsoever (moral obligations exist notwithstanding; however, the lack of legal rights might put a damper on the ability to satisfy them).
I can insist it is provisionally true that there is no God, while admitting the possibility that I'm wrong, just as I can insist on being certain that neither Zeus nor leprechauns exist, notwithstanding the possibility that they might.
Unfortunately, the exact pathophysiology of the disease is unknown and as such there are no effective treatments that exist notwithstanding prompt delivery of the fetus and culprit placenta.
The surrounding activity notwithstanding, Ms. Best exists a breed apart, a trait shared with a character with the misfortune to walk among a community of men whose untrammeled savagery finds countless echoes today.
The post-1982 tension between the relatively new power of appointed judges to interpret/enforce/overturn the laws crafted by elected politicians was never resolved, so the notwithstanding clause exists as a kind of failsafe for parliamentary supremacy.
Such tours still exist, but – notwithstanding that many film stars now live in Orange County or Malibu, not Beverly Hills – who would tourists hope to spot now? (With Bacall's death, as has been noted this weekend, the hallowed names listed by Madonna in her song Vogue have all departed).
Our monumental faults notwithstanding, this country exists as an idea — an attempt to better organize society.
At the same time, Mr. Pecknold's apprehensions notwithstanding, it also exists very much "in the context of contemporary indie rock" — in part because his group has had a hand in shaping that context.
His idealism notwithstanding, Kant also believed that there exists a world independent of the mind and completely unknowable by it.
Notwithstanding, at this moment no mechanism exists to ensure that such consultation is conducted.
