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Reflections On “Innovations In Family Dispute Resolution”, Deborah Thompson Eisenberg Mar 2016

Reflections On “Innovations In Family Dispute Resolution”, Deborah Thompson Eisenberg

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Moving Family Dispute Resolution From The Court System To The Community, Jane C. Murphy, Jana B. Singer Mar 2016

Moving Family Dispute Resolution From The Court System To The Community, Jane C. Murphy, Jana B. Singer

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Reflections On "Innovations In Family Dispute Resolution", Deborah Thompson Eisenberg Jan 2016

Reflections On "Innovations In Family Dispute Resolution", Deborah Thompson Eisenberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


When The Child’S Best Interest Calls For It: Post-Adoption Contact By Court Order In Maryland, Kristina V. Foehrkolb Jan 2012

When The Child’S Best Interest Calls For It: Post-Adoption Contact By Court Order In Maryland, Kristina V. Foehrkolb

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dispute Resolution And The Post-Divorce Family: Implications Of A Paradigm Shift, Jana B. Singer Jan 2009

Dispute Resolution And The Post-Divorce Family: Implications Of A Paradigm Shift, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

Over the past two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in the way the legal system handles most family disputes – particularly disputes involving children. This paradigm shift has replaced the law-oriented and judge-focused model of adjudication with a more collaborative, interdisciplinary and forward-looking family dispute resolution regime. It has also transformed the practice of family law and fundamentally altered the way in which disputing families interact with the legal system. This essay examines the elements of this paradigm shift in family dispute resolution and explores the opportunities and challenges it offers for families, children and the legal system.


Marriage, Biology, And Paternity: The Case For Revitalizing The Marital Presumption, Jana B. Singer Jan 2006

Marriage, Biology, And Paternity: The Case For Revitalizing The Marital Presumption, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the recent history and current status of the marital presumption of paternity. It explores the social, economic and legal developments that have contributed to the erosion of the presumption, focusing in particular on the efforts of federal and state governments to identify and collect financial support from unmarried biological fathers. The article then describes the procedural and equitable doctrines that some courts and legislatures have used to bolster the marital presumption in the face of conflicting biological evidence. Finding these approaches problematic, the article advocates a revitalized marital presumption as a substantive rule of law. It argues …


Marriage, Biology, And Paternity: The Case For Revitalizing The Marital Presumption, Jana Singer Jan 2006

Marriage, Biology, And Paternity: The Case For Revitalizing The Marital Presumption, Jana Singer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Business Of Intimacy: Bridging The Private-Private Distinction, Martha M. Ertman Jan 2005

The Business Of Intimacy: Bridging The Private-Private Distinction, Martha M. Ertman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Embracing Tradition: Pluralism In American Family Law, Ann Laquer Estin Jan 2004

Embracing Tradition: Pluralism In American Family Law, Ann Laquer Estin

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interdependencies, Families, And Children, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 1999

Interdependencies, Families, And Children, Karen Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Why Teach International Family Law In Conflicts?, William L. Reynolds Jan 1995

Why Teach International Family Law In Conflicts?, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

[The author] sets forth a challenge to conflicts professors: to teach international family law in their conflict of laws classes. At present, many conflicts professors avoid teaching international family law, in part because the study of this subject is complicated by several statutes addressing particularly difficult issues. Ignorning international family law is unwise, because many United States citizens and lawyers are likely to confront such problems.


Jurisdictional Conflicts Between Juvenile Courts And Child Welfare Agencies: The Uneasy Relationship Between Institutional Co-Parents, Bruce A. Boyer Jan 1995

Jurisdictional Conflicts Between Juvenile Courts And Child Welfare Agencies: The Uneasy Relationship Between Institutional Co-Parents, Bruce A. Boyer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Grandparents, Parents And Grandchildren: Actualizing Interdependency In Law, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 1994

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

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Divorce Obligations And Bankruptcy Discharge: Rethinking The Support/Property Distinction, Jana B. Singer Jan 1993

Divorce Obligations And Bankruptcy Discharge: Rethinking The Support/Property Distinction, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

The Bankruptcy Code currently divides divorce-related obligations into two categories: awards or agreements in the nature of support are non-dischargeable; obligations arising from property divisions can be discharged in the same manner as ordinary commercial debts. Because recent developments in family law have undermined the support/property distinction and because privately negotiated divorce agreements often fail to distinguish between payments intended to serve as support and those intended to distribute property, the Code's reliance on this classification often leads to confusion and hardship for divorce obligees. In addition, because of the rise of equitable distribution as the dominant method of allocating …


Domestic Violence, The Family And The Lawyering Process: Lessons From Studies On Gender Bias In The Courts, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 1993

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

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Privatization Of Family Law, Jana B. Singer Jan 1992

The Privatization Of Family Law, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Plight Of The Agunah: A Study In Halacha, Contract, And The First Amendment, Irving Breitowitz Jan 1992

The Plight Of The Agunah: A Study In Halacha, Contract, And The First Amendment, Irving Breitowitz

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Volunteers And Draftees: The Struggle For Parental Equality, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 1991

Volunteers And Draftees: The Struggle For Parental Equality, Karen Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Child Support And Visitation: Rethinking The Connections, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 1989

Child Support And Visitation: Rethinking The Connections, Karen Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Requiring Indigent Seeking Divorce To Pay Cost Of Service By Publication Held Denial Of Equal Access To Courts - Jeffreys V. Jeffreys Jan 1969

Requiring Indigent Seeking Divorce To Pay Cost Of Service By Publication Held Denial Of Equal Access To Courts - Jeffreys V. Jeffreys

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Confusing Maryland Domestic Relations Procedures Jan 1940

The Confusing Maryland Domestic Relations Procedures

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations Legislation At The 1937 Session Jan 1937

Domestic Relations Legislation At The 1937 Session

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Capacity Of Child To Secure Court Order Against Father For Future Support In Excess Of Amount Stipulated In Separation Agreement Between Parents - Yost V. Yost Jan 1937

Capacity Of Child To Secure Court Order Against Father For Future Support In Excess Of Amount Stipulated In Separation Agreement Between Parents - Yost V. Yost

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.