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Public Hearing On Indian Children: Adoption: Foster Care (Ab 1041, Bates), Assembly Committee On Human Resources

California Assembly

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United States V. Clark, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Adoption: A Plea For Realistic Constitutional Decisionmaking, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

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Spruce Run News (February 1979), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Divorce Planning In Antenuptial Agreements: Toward A New Objectivity, Peter N. Swisher

Law Faculty Publications

Within the past fifty years, there have been numerous articles written about the validity and enforceability of antenuptial agreements. Such agreements are generally favored by the law when prospective spouses privately contract to vary, limit, or relinquish certain rights which they would otherwise acquire in each other's property or in each other's estate by reason of their impending marriage. Traditionally, this antenuptial agreement is typically made by older people who are about to be remarried, and who have acquired considerable property from a prior marriage that they wish to control.

However, unless the antenuptial agreement provisions fall squarely within this …

Abortion—The Female, The Foetus And The Father, Geoffrey J. Bennett, Christina M. Lyon

Journal Articles

The recent case of Paton v. Trustees of B.P.A.S. raised an issue never previously canvassed before an English court, namely: does a husband have any rights in English law to prevent his wife having a lawful abortion within the terms of the Abortion Act 1967? Apart from its interest as a case of first impression in an area of the law which has never been devoid of controversy, the case raised directly or by implication fundamental questions about the control of family life and the rights and duties of those in any way connected with it. Should the final decision …

Families With Service Needs: The Newest Euphemism, Stanley Z. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

Juvenile court jurisdiction over "status offenders" - juveniles engaging in noncriminal misconduct such as truancy, running away, and "incorrigibility" - has become the subject of national debate. Most participants in the many-sided discussion agree that the system needs reform. The major disagreement, however, is between those who wish merely to reform the court's jurisdiction over this conduct, and those who would substantially eliminate it. This article concerns the newest reform proposal: to revise status offense jurisdiction under a new category entitled "Families With Service Needs" (FWSN). Proposed in 1977 by a federally funded task force, 5 the FWSN concept has …

Another Look: Trial Court Unification In California In The Post-Proposition 13 Era, Andrew Schepard

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

One of the most beneficial aftershocks of the Proposition 13 earthquake, which shook the fiscal foundations of state and local government in California, is a growing willingness to examine the structure of government from top to bottom to see if it is providing services efficiently and competently. The kind of searching reexamination of government operations called for in the aftermath of Proposition 13 must include a new look at an old idea in judicial administration-trial court unification. The purpose of this article is to take that look and to argue that a unified trial court system can best meet the …

Abortion—Whose Decision?, Geoffrey J. Bennett, Christina M. Lyon

Journal Articles

Major Points

• The decision in Paton v. Trustees of B.P.A.S.
• Does a husband's "veto power" exist in English Law?
• The rights of the Foetus in English Law
• The rights of the "illegitimate father"
• The American position
• Some reflections

Tutela Processual Do Menor (Procedural Guardianship Of The Minor), Roberto Rosas

Faculty Articles

SUMMARY: I. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CAPACITY OF THE SMALLEST. II. DEFENSE OF THE SMALLEST. III. THE INTEGRATION OF THE MINOR IN THE SOCIETY: ADOPTION AND LEGITIMATION OF ADOPTION.

Joint Custody, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Shared custody has traditionally been looked upon with disfavor by the courts. Similarly, some professionals in the field of child development oppose the concept of shared custody. There are, however, several advantages to shared custody. The legal system benefits, as judges escape the unenviable task of playing Solomon. The child benefits because both parents continue to have a voice in the child’s upbringing, and the child continues to enjoy the love, advice, and companionship of both parents. In addition, because both parents share the responsibility of child raising, neither is faced with the loss of self-esteem which results from being …