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Full-Text Articles in Family Law
"A Lawyer Class": Views On Marriage And "Sexual Orientation" In The Legal Profession, William C. Duncan
"A Lawyer Class": Views On Marriage And "Sexual Orientation" In The Legal Profession, William C. Duncan
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
No abstract provided.
A Family Affair: Constitutional And Prudential Interests Implicated When Homosexuals Seek To Preserve Or Create Parent-Child Relationships, Kif Skidmore
Kentucky Law Journal
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The G.I.F.T. Of Two Biological And Legal Mothers, Ryiah Lilith
The G.I.F.T. Of Two Biological And Legal Mothers, Ryiah Lilith
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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The Children Of Homosexual Parents: The Voices The Courts Have Yet To Hear. , Eileen P. Huff
The Children Of Homosexual Parents: The Voices The Courts Have Yet To Hear. , Eileen P. Huff
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Divorce, Children's Welfare, And The Culture Wars, Elizabeth S. Scott
Divorce, Children's Welfare, And The Culture Wars, Elizabeth S. Scott
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Are children harmed when their parents divorce? If so, should parents' freedom to end marriage be restricted? These questions have generated uncertainty and controversy in the decades since legal restraints on divorce have been lifted. During the 1970s and 80s, the traditional conviction that parents should stay together "for the sake of the children" was supplanted by a view that children are usually better off if their unhappy parents divorce. By this account, divorcing parents should simply try to accomplish the change in status with as little disruption to their children's lives as possible. This stance has been challenged sharply …
For The Best Of Friends And For Lovers Of All Sorts, A Status Other Than Marriage (Symposium: Unmarried Partners And The Legacy Of Marvin V. Marvin)" , David L. Chambers
For The Best Of Friends And For Lovers Of All Sorts, A Status Other Than Marriage (Symposium: Unmarried Partners And The Legacy Of Marvin V. Marvin)" , David L. Chambers
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American governments have recently begun to experiment with new familial statuses for gay male and lesbian couples, who have demanded the right to marry but have been appeased with more modest forms of recognition.4 What I propose here is quite different. It is a status for people who have close bonds but do not want to be married to each other. I call this status "designated friends." Once registered, "designated friends" would obtain a limited number of privileges and undertake a limited number of responsibilities relating to the care for the other when ill or incapacitated or upon death, but …