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Editorial, Child Support: Benefit Would Last Beyond Payer’S Death Under Proposed Change In Custody Law, J. Palmer Lockard Ii, Mary Kate Kearney
Editorial, Child Support: Benefit Would Last Beyond Payer’S Death Under Proposed Change In Custody Law, J. Palmer Lockard Ii, Mary Kate Kearney
J. Palmer Lockard II
No abstract provided.
Alaska Supreme Court, Alaska Court Of Appeals, U.S. District Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, And U.S. District Court For The District Of Alaska Year In Review, Gregory M. Bair, Mercedes J. Caravello, Michael J. Chiavalloti, Emily J. Grogan
Alaska Supreme Court, Alaska Court Of Appeals, U.S. District Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, And U.S. District Court For The District Of Alaska Year In Review, Gregory M. Bair, Mercedes J. Caravello, Michael J. Chiavalloti, Emily J. Grogan
Alaska Law Review
No abstract provided.
Where We Stand: An Analysis Of America's Family Law Adjudicatory Systems And The Mandate To Establish Unified Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb
Where We Stand: An Analysis Of America's Family Law Adjudicatory Systems And The Mandate To Establish Unified Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb
All Faculty Scholarship
The volume and scope of family law cases in contemporary American society, as well as their unending nature both individually and systemically, exacerbate the difficulty of their resolution. To address this crisis, the American Bar Association and others have recommended court reform, specifically, the establishment of unified family courts in all jurisdictions. A unified family court is a single forum within which to adjudicate the full range of family law issues, based on the notion that court effectiveness and efficiency increase when the court resolves a family's legal problems in as few appearances as possible. The model is based on …
Legal Images Of Motherhood: Conflicting Definitions From Welfare Reform Family And Criminal Law , Jane C. Murphy
Legal Images Of Motherhood: Conflicting Definitions From Welfare Reform Family And Criminal Law , Jane C. Murphy
Cornell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reconceiving The Family: Challenging The Paradigm Of The Exclusive Family, Alison Harvinson Young
Reconceiving The Family: Challenging The Paradigm Of The Exclusive Family, Alison Harvinson Young
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
The Other "Neglected" Parties In Child Protective Proceedings: Parents In Poverty And The Role Of The Lawyers Who Represent Them, Kathleen A. Bailie
The Other "Neglected" Parties In Child Protective Proceedings: Parents In Poverty And The Role Of The Lawyers Who Represent Them, Kathleen A. Bailie
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mediation In Domestic Relations In The United States, Asma Saeed Hussain
Mediation In Domestic Relations In The United States, Asma Saeed Hussain
LLM Theses and Essays
The continuing influence of a myriad of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques has permeated the field of family, and domestic relations law. This thesis reviews mediation as one of the ADR techniques in contrast with traditional court-litigation for divorce, child-custody disputes. The main part of the thesis addresses the weakness and ethical problems of mediation in domestic relations dispute. The thesis concludes with an acknowledgment of the successes of mediation in divorce cases while discussing the importance of the protection of confidential information which parties disclose during the mediation process.
Child-Custody Adjudication - The Twentieth Century Dilemma: Reconciling The Best Interest Of The Child In A Cross-Cultural Setting, Jasmine Rita Renner
Child-Custody Adjudication - The Twentieth Century Dilemma: Reconciling The Best Interest Of The Child In A Cross-Cultural Setting, Jasmine Rita Renner
LLM Theses and Essays
Child Custody determination in family law is a herculean task. It typically depends on the balancing of interests between two parents that works in tandem with the best interest of the child. This paper addresses the legal and constitutional factors that affect custody adjudication in the 20th century such as feminist jurisprudence, and the growing concept of joint custody with primary caretaker rule. The paper also examines the role and impact of assisted reproductive technology on custody adjudication. Most importantly, the paper focuses on the best interest of the child doctrine under Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention on …
Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham
Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Article addresses some of the family law developments occurring since the Kentucky Law Journal last published a Kentucky law survey. Space limitations preclude discussion of every post-1985 change. Instead, this Article focuses on general trends, significant cases, and legislative developments.
Inquiry into family law developments in Kentucky is timely, not only because of the social importance of family relations, but also because of other contemporaneous efforts at family law reform. The American Law Institute ("ALl") is currently considering a final draft of principles governing family dissolution. That draft, and the discussions that surround its ultimate acceptance or rejection by …
The Constitutionality Of Covenant Marriage Laws, Melissa Lawton
The Constitutionality Of Covenant Marriage Laws, Melissa Lawton
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comparativist Ruminations From The Bayou On Child Custody Jurisdiction: The Uccja, The Pkpa, And The Hague Convention On Child Abduction, Christopher L. Blakesley
Comparativist Ruminations From The Bayou On Child Custody Jurisdiction: The Uccja, The Pkpa, And The Hague Convention On Child Abduction, Christopher L. Blakesley
Scholarly Works
Interstate and international jurisdictional problems are often vexing. They are worse in matters of child custody. In the past, jurisdiction to obtain custody or to modify a custody decree required only presence or domicile. The United States population is transient and custody decisions are subject to modification. The volatility of child custody disputes and the tendency of parents to move to different and separate jurisdictions traditionally caused and continue to cause difficult problems for children, parents, and the legal system. Before the promulgation of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), it was …
American Family Law: History -- Whostory, Ana M. Novoa
American Family Law: History -- Whostory, Ana M. Novoa
Faculty Articles
Family law should be rooted in preserving and protecting intimate relationships; instead, it is rooted in preserving those domestic systems that created or expanded the economic empire of the "Founding Fathers," the white males of the colonial northeast. This northeastern colonial perspective continues to underpin most of the basic assumptions in family law. Concurrently, with the increased privatization of the cooperative virtues, Americans have developed an excessive preoccupation with self and a cult of consumerism.
Consumerism has driven American society toward increased individualism and narcissism. A by-product of the increased individual-consumer culture is the mistaken belief that our personal values …