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In Re The Marriage Of Ramirez: Sex, Lies, And California’S Annulment For Fraud Based On Fidelity, Timothy Follett
In Re The Marriage Of Ramirez: Sex, Lies, And California’S Annulment For Fraud Based On Fidelity, Timothy Follett
Golden Gate University Law Review
In California, a party may be able to obtain an annulment for fraud under In re Marriage of Ramirez. In Ramirez, the husband was carrying on relations with his wife’s sister prior to the marriage. The affair between the husband and sister continued after the marriage. Subsequently, Jorge (husband) was overheard stating to the sister that he loved her and “they would be together once he got his share of money and property from Lilia [the wife], and told her that he had only married Lilia to gain permanent residence status.” The trial court “held that this kind …
Marriage And The Court: San Francisco's Role In The Debate, Kathleen Morris
Marriage And The Court: San Francisco's Role In The Debate, Kathleen Morris
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No abstract provided.
Proposition 8 Oral Arguments, Cassie Heuckroth
Proposition 8 Oral Arguments, Cassie Heuckroth
GGU Law Review Blog
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Friends In Low Places, Cassie Heuckroth
Friends In Low Places, Cassie Heuckroth
GGU Law Review Blog
Found on the blog at: http://ggulawreview.org/2013/03/20/friends-in-low-places/
Hollingsworth V. Perry: United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Hear The ‘Prop 8′ Case, Executive Online Editor
Hollingsworth V. Perry: United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Hear The ‘Prop 8′ Case, Executive Online Editor
GGU Law Review Blog
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Engendering A Clinic: Lessons Learned From A Domestic Violence Clinical Course In Qatar, Stephen A. Rosenbaum, Mary Pat Treuthart
Engendering A Clinic: Lessons Learned From A Domestic Violence Clinical Course In Qatar, Stephen A. Rosenbaum, Mary Pat Treuthart
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Domestic violence, a serious problem around the world, remains a hidden concern among the Islamic Gulf States. Yet signs indicate the situation is changing. A team of American lawyers and professors, responding to student initiative and the Qatari development strategy, recently initiated Qatar’s first law school clinic, focusing exclusively on domestic violence. By highlighting the students’ experience, this article outlines the issues involved and the problems that were encountered, and resolved, during the development of this clinic. The students first studied the issue of domestic violence, then made presentations to the larger community to raise awareness of the topic. Subsequent …
Save Our Children: Overcoming The Narrative That Gays And Lesbians Are Harmful To Children, Anthony S. Niedwiecki
Save Our Children: Overcoming The Narrative That Gays And Lesbians Are Harmful To Children, Anthony S. Niedwiecki
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This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to advance marriage rights for same-sex couples because they were unable to use the political process to effectively rebut the claim that gays and lesbian were harmful to children. Part I begins with an overview of the ways in which the initiative process has been used to limit gay rights and prevent marriage equality. It then details how, in contrast to the political process, courts have been more receptive to advancing marriage rights for same-sex couples. Part II details Walter Fisher's narrative …