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Full-Text Articles in Family Law
Hb 159 - Domestic Relations, Kitan A. Grey, A. Celia Howard
Hb 159 - Domestic Relations, Kitan A. Grey, A. Celia Howard
Georgia State University Law Review
This bill provides a major overhaul for Georgia adoption laws, which were last updated in 1990. The most notable changes include shortening the period for revocation of surrender of parental rights; granting temporary power of attorney for the care of a child; allowing adoptive parents to pay a birth mother’s expenses; lowering the age for adoptive relatives; and simplifying the process to adopt foreign-born children.
Hb 834 - Property, Brian H. Cathey, Cassandra Tuchscher
Hb 834 - Property, Brian H. Cathey, Cassandra Tuchscher
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act allows a victim of domestic violence to terminate his or her residential rental agreement without an early termination penalty if the victim receives a court order related to that family violence.
Family Law, Siyuan Chen
Family Law, Siyuan Chen
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
No abstract provided.
הורות משפטית מן הדין ומן הצדק - Legal Parenthood - Law And Justice, Yehezkel Margalit
הורות משפטית מן הדין ומן הצדק - Legal Parenthood - Law And Justice, Yehezkel Margalit
Hezi Margalit
Paternity Un(Certainty): How The Law Surrounding Paternity Challenges Negatively Impacts Family Relationships And Women's Sexuality, Susan Ayres
Susan Ayres
It is popularly believed that false paternity rates are 10-30%, and that thousands of unsuspecting men are supporting children who are not theirs. These reported rates of false paternity have become urban legend, demonizing women as over-sexualized partners who shouldn’t be trusted. This in turn has influenced laws regarding paternity, which have evolved to allow men to dis-establish paternity years after a child’s birth, even when there has been an adjudication or acknowledgment of paternity. This article argues that society should be cautious about elevating science as the highest consideration in truth claims about paternity. It examines the incoherent and …
Old Issues New Perspectives, Ronald Griffin
Old Issues New Perspectives, Ronald Griffin
Faculty Books and Book Contributions
The book commences with Ronald C. Griffin‟s essay Ghost Town: The Death of Marriage, the Birth of Cohabitation, and the Emergence of the Single Woman. In his essay he revisits the history of marriage, the economics of marriage, the rise and demise of childhood, the emergence of new couplings and the social traumas that come with them.