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Full-Text Articles in Family Law
Biology, Genetics, Nurture, And The Law: The Expansion Of The Legal Definition Of Family To Include Three Or More Legal Parents, Myrisha S. Lewis
Biology, Genetics, Nurture, And The Law: The Expansion Of The Legal Definition Of Family To Include Three Or More Legal Parents, Myrisha S. Lewis
Faculty Publications
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Why The American Child Welfare System Is Not Child Centered, Richard J. Gelles
Why The American Child Welfare System Is Not Child Centered, Richard J. Gelles
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Liberal Ideology On Child Protection Reform, Cassie Statuto Bevan
The Impact Of Liberal Ideology On Child Protection Reform, Cassie Statuto Bevan
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Diagnosing Liberal Resistance To Needed Child Welfare Reforms, James G. Dwyer
Diagnosing Liberal Resistance To Needed Child Welfare Reforms, James G. Dwyer
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Thoughts On The Liberal Dilemma In Child Welfare Reform, Elizabeth Bartholet
Thoughts On The Liberal Dilemma In Child Welfare Reform, Elizabeth Bartholet
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Child Protection’S Parental Preference, Daniel Heimpel
Child Protection’S Parental Preference, Daniel Heimpel
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Stanley V. Illinois’S Untold Story, Josh Gupta-Kagan
Stanley V. Illinois’S Untold Story, Josh Gupta-Kagan
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Stanley v. Illinois is one of the Supreme Courts more curious landmark cases. The holding is well known: the Due Process Clause both prohibits states from removing children from the care of unwed fathers simply because they are not married and requires states to provide all parents with a hearing on their fitness. By recognizing strong due process protections for parents rights, Stanley reaffirmed Lochner-era cases that had been in doubt and formed the foundation of modern constitutional family law. But Peter Stanley never raised due process arguments, so it has long been unclear how the Court reached this decision. …
Book Review Of The Child Cases: How America's Religious Exemption Laws Harm Children, James G. Dwyer
Book Review Of The Child Cases: How America's Religious Exemption Laws Harm Children, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Who's Your Daddy? Defining Paternity Rights In The Context Of Free, Private Sperm Donation, Lauren Gill
Who's Your Daddy? Defining Paternity Rights In The Context Of Free, Private Sperm Donation, Lauren Gill
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Misused Concepts And Misguided Questions: Fundamental Confusions In Family Law Debates, James G. Dwyer
Misused Concepts And Misguided Questions: Fundamental Confusions In Family Law Debates, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
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A Parent Is A Parent, No Matter How Small, Kendra Huard Fershee
A Parent Is A Parent, No Matter How Small, Kendra Huard Fershee
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Every parent in America has constitutional rights to parent his or her children. If a parent is under the age of eighteen, however, those rights are tenuous. There is no question that adolescent parents face difficulties while trying to juggle school, parental responsibilities, work, their social lives, and more. Add to that long list of challenges the legal infirmities all minors share, and a picture of impending disaster begins to appear for the adolescent parent and his or her child. Furthermore, once a minor parent enters the family court system— instead of getting the services, training, and supervision that may …
Parents' Self-Determination And Children's Custody: A New Analytical Framework For State Structuring Of Children's Family Life, James G. Dwyer
Parents' Self-Determination And Children's Custody: A New Analytical Framework For State Structuring Of Children's Family Life, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
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Constitutional Birthright: The State, Parentage, And The Rights Of Newborn Persons, James G. Dwyer
Constitutional Birthright: The State, Parentage, And The Rights Of Newborn Persons, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
State parentage laws, dictating who a newborn child's first legal parents will be, have been the subject of constitutional challenges in several U.S. Supreme Court and many lower court decisions. All of those decisions, however, have focused on constitutional rights of adults (especially unwed biological fathers) who wish to become, or to avoid becoming, legal parents. Neither courts nor legal scholars have considered whether the children have any constitutional rights that constrain legislatures and courts in deciding which adults will be their legal parents. If a state enacted a parentage law that said, for example, that any child born to …
The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power In Same-Sex Families, Deirdre M. Bowen
The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power In Same-Sex Families, Deirdre M. Bowen
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Do intact same-sex couples where one member of the couple became pregnant with assisted reproduction or was the primary adopter, and the other member became a parent through second parent adoption, understand the legal protections afforded them? In short the answer is no. An interesting family dynamic arises around those who can claim the true status as parent based on their legal understandings of parenthood and their interactions with the dominant culture. While high profile custody cases on this issue have been decided in the United States with varying results, no research has examined the impact of uneven legal protections …
The Child Protection Pretense: States' Continued Consignment Of Newborn Babies To Unfit Parents, James G. Dwyer
The Child Protection Pretense: States' Continued Consignment Of Newborn Babies To Unfit Parents, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Family Structure, Children, And Law, Vivian E. Hamilton
Family Structure, Children, And Law, Vivian E. Hamilton
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Form And Substance In Parentage Law, Lynn D. Wardle
Form And Substance In Parentage Law, Lynn D. Wardle
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Parentage At Birth: Birthfathers And Social Fatherhood, Nancy E. Dowd
Parentage At Birth: Birthfathers And Social Fatherhood, Nancy E. Dowd
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
A Child-Centered Approach To Parentage Law, James G. Dwyer
A Child-Centered Approach To Parentage Law, James G. Dwyer
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Constitutionality Of Best Interests Parentage, David D. Meyer
The Constitutionality Of Best Interests Parentage, David D. Meyer
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
To Protect And Defend: Assigning Parental Rights When Parents Are In Poverty, Karen Czapanskiy
To Protect And Defend: Assigning Parental Rights When Parents Are In Poverty, Karen Czapanskiy
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Two Mothers And Their Child: A Look At The Uncertain Status Of Nonbiological Lesbian Mothers Under Contemporary Law, Rachel E. Shoaf
Two Mothers And Their Child: A Look At The Uncertain Status Of Nonbiological Lesbian Mothers Under Contemporary Law, Rachel E. Shoaf
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Gender Assignment Surgery For Intersexed Infants: How The Substantive Due Process Right To Privacy Both Supports And Opposes A Moratorium, Sara A. Aliabadi
Gender Assignment Surgery For Intersexed Infants: How The Substantive Due Process Right To Privacy Both Supports And Opposes A Moratorium, Sara A. Aliabadi
W&M Law Student Publications
No abstract provided.
Relative Burdens: Family Ties And The Safety Net, Lee Anne Fennell
Relative Burdens: Family Ties And The Safety Net, Lee Anne Fennell
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Parental Autonomy And Children's Welfare, Elizabeth S. Scott
Parental Autonomy And Children's Welfare, Elizabeth S. Scott
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Rights And Duties Of Childrearing, Peter Vallentyne
Rights And Duties Of Childrearing, Peter Vallentyne
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
A Taxonomy Of Children's Existing Rights In State Decision Making About Their Relationships, James G. Dwyer
A Taxonomy Of Children's Existing Rights In State Decision Making About Their Relationships, James G. Dwyer
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Which Ties Bind? Redefining The Parent-Child Relationship In An Age Of Genetic Certainty, June Carbone, Naomi Cahn
Which Ties Bind? Redefining The Parent-Child Relationship In An Age Of Genetic Certainty, June Carbone, Naomi Cahn
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
What If I Want My Kids To Watch Pornography?: Protecting Children From "Indecent" Speech, Ashutosh Bhagwat
What If I Want My Kids To Watch Pornography?: Protecting Children From "Indecent" Speech, Ashutosh Bhagwat
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Under current First Amendment doctrine, a law directed at indecent speech is treated as "content-based" regulation of speech, and thus must satisfy the "strict scrutiny" test to survive constitutional challenge - the regulation must be narrowly tailored to advance a compelling state interest. A number of laws regulating indecent speech have been passed in recent years, and when challenged, the government has defended these regulations on the ground that the State has a compelling interest in the protection of children from harmful materials. Underlying this argument, however, is a deep ambiguity regarding the precise nature of the government's legitimate objectives …
The Children We Abandon: Religious Exemptions To Child Welfare And Education Law As Denials Of Equal Protection To Children Of Religious Objectors, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
The story of children who die because their parents, in observance of their own religious principles, withhold conventional medical treatment from them is a familiar one. In this Article, James G. Dwyer shows that the phenomenon of parents denying secular benefits to their children for religious reasons goes far beyond these few highly publicized cases, extending into the realm of education as well as medical care. Moreover, Dr. Dwyer shows that the federal and state governments endorse this practice by statutorily exempting 'religious objector' parents from otherwise generally applicable compulsory child care and education laws. He argues that courts addressing …