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Babies, Parents, And Grandparents: A Story In Two Cases, Karen Czapanskiy Jul 2012

Babies, Parents, And Grandparents: A Story In Two Cases, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Disabled Kids And Their Moms: Caregivers And Horizontal Equity, Karen S. Czapanskiy Jul 2012

Disabled Kids And Their Moms: Caregivers And Horizontal Equity, Karen S. Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems, 5th Edition, Ira Ellman, Paul Kurtz, Lois Weithorn, Brian Bix, Karen Czapanskiy, Maxine Eichner Nov 2011

Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems, 5th Edition, Ira Ellman, Paul Kurtz, Lois Weithorn, Brian Bix, Karen Czapanskiy, Maxine Eichner

Karen Czapanskiy

Family law is an interdisciplinary area, and the materials in this work reflect the numerous disciplines influencing this field of law. This book is policy-oriented, with non-legal social science featured in the extensive note materials to provide a rich and varied learning experience and a practice resource tool. Notes do more than call attention to difficult questions of legal doctrine and policy; they illuminate them.

The authors use a problem approach throughout, in addition to comprehensive case law sources. Problems provide an ideal mechanism for students to acquire the ability to apply legal rules to concrete fact patterns.


Chalimony: Seeking Equity Between Parents Of Children With Disabilities And Chronic Illnesses, Karen Czapanskiy Aug 2010

Chalimony: Seeking Equity Between Parents Of Children With Disabilities And Chronic Illnesses, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

Many thousands of children experience serious disabling conditions such as autism and debilitating chronic illnesses such as asthma. Caring for these children is often so demanding that caregiving parents cannot remain employed outside the home. Parental resources available to these children are also limited because an unusually high percentage of them live with only one parent. Nonetheless, surprisingly few cases involving families with a disabled or chronically ill child appear in the family law case law or scholarly literature. Even where child support and alimony are concerned, these families are seen only at the margins. In my recent article, I …


Book Review Of The Place Of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, And Responsibility By Linda C. Mcclain, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Book Review Of The Place Of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, And Responsibility By Linda C. Mcclain, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence And The Maryland Family Violence Option, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Domestic Violence And The Maryland Family Violence Option, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence, The Family And The Lawyering Process: Lessons From Studies On Gender Bias In The Courts, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Domestic Violence, The Family And The Lawyering Process: Lessons From Studies On Gender Bias In The Courts, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Grandparents, Parents And Grandchildren: Actualizing Interdependency In Law, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Grandparents, Parents And Grandchildren: Actualizing Interdependency In Law, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Ali Child Support Principles: A Lesson In Public Policy And Truth-Telling, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Ali Child Support Principles: A Lesson In Public Policy And Truth-Telling, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Child Support, Visitation, Shared Custody And Split Custody, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Child Support, Visitation, Shared Custody And Split Custody, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.


Interdependencies, Families, And Children, Karen Czapanskiy Oct 2008

Interdependencies, Families, And Children, Karen Czapanskiy

Karen Czapanskiy

No abstract provided.