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Proposition 8 Oral Arguments, Cassie Heuckroth
Proposition 8 Oral Arguments, Cassie Heuckroth
GGU Law Review Blog
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Friends In Low Places, Cassie Heuckroth
Friends In Low Places, Cassie Heuckroth
GGU Law Review Blog
Found on the blog at: http://ggulawreview.org/2013/03/20/friends-in-low-places/
Hollingsworth V. Perry: United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Hear The ‘Prop 8′ Case, Executive Online Editor
Hollingsworth V. Perry: United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Hear The ‘Prop 8′ Case, Executive Online Editor
GGU Law Review Blog
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Plural Marriage And Community Property Law, Diane J. Klein
Plural Marriage And Community Property Law, Diane J. Klein
Golden Gate University Law Review
Plural marriage makes strange bedfellows. Fundamentalist Mormons, polyamorous/ polyfidelitous sex radicals, and some feminists and proponents of same-sex marriage (including this author), share the view that freedom of intimate association under the United States Constitution, properly understood, must extend beyond the right to marry exactly one person of the opposite gender from oneself. But while it is one thing to endorse marriage freedom, as a matter of principle, it is quite another actually to implement it in law. If people could simultaneously have more than one spouse, the lawyer must ask, how would things actually work, from a marital property …
Redefining Parenthood: Child Custody And Visitation When Nontraditional Families Dissolve, Kristine L. Burks
Redefining Parenthood: Child Custody And Visitation When Nontraditional Families Dissolve, Kristine L. Burks
Golden Gate University Law Review
This article offers a method of providing custody and visitation rights to individuals formerly involved in nontraditional relationships who function as children's parents but who lack the legal status of parent. The article considers a broad range of nontraditional families, including stepparents, same-sex partners, and unmarried heterosexuals. The article begins with a summary of California statutory law. The author examines how "parent" is defined and the limitations imposed on those falling outside that definition when they seek to assert rights to child custody and visitation. Next, the article focuses on three types of nontraditional relationships to illustrate how California courts …
Baehr V. Lewin: Hawaii Takes A Tentative Step To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Marty K. Courson
Baehr V. Lewin: Hawaii Takes A Tentative Step To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Marty K. Courson
Golden Gate University Law Review
In Baehr v. Lewin, the Supreme Court of Hawaii sparked a controversy that has potential nationwide implications. The court held that three same-sex couples were entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine if the State can demonstrate that denying the couples the right to marry under the Hawaii Marriage Law furthers compelling state interests. If the State fails its burden, it can no longer refuse marriage licenses to couples merely on the basis that they are of the same sex. Should this occur, gay marriages will become legal in Hawaii.
Gay-Friendly Legal Scholars Highly Optimistic In Prop. 8 Trial, Joe Eskenazi
Gay-Friendly Legal Scholars Highly Optimistic In Prop. 8 Trial, Joe Eskenazi
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