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The Child Sexual Abuse Literature: A Call For Greater Objectivity, John E.B. Myers
The Child Sexual Abuse Literature: A Call For Greater Objectivity, John E.B. Myers
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse by Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager., The Battle and the Backlash: The Child Sexual Abuse War by David Hechler., On Trial: America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children by Billie Wright Dziech and Chales B. Schudson.
Torts - Child's Right To Recover For Alienation Of Parent's Affection, Marvin O. Young S.Ed.
Torts - Child's Right To Recover For Alienation Of Parent's Affection, Marvin O. Young S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff's parents were divorced in 1934 when plaintiff was five years old. Custody of plaintiff was awarded to her mother, but plaintiff alleged that she received "usual paternal love, affection, maintenance, and support" from her father until 1941, when plaintiff's father took defendant as his mistress, keeping her until his death in 1952. Plaintiff brought this action for damages on the theory that defendant alienated the affections of her father, thereby depriving plaintiff of fatherly affection, guidance and support. Defendant's demurrer was overruled by the trial court. On appeal, held, reversed. In the absence of a statute, a child …