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Making The Case For Paid Parental Leave In The United States, Jane Johnson, Sarah Calvert
Making The Case For Paid Parental Leave In The United States, Jane Johnson, Sarah Calvert
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Despite being one of the most influential countries in the world, the United States is still one of only three developed countries that does not mandate paid parental leave on a federal level. Although some federal legislation does offer unpaid leave, these laws are insufficient to meet the needs of working parents. This paper examines existing parental leave laws to highlight the duration of leave and methods of funding used by some U.S. states and other countries worldwide. We also review multiple studies that demonstrate benefits of paid parental leave for both parents and children. This paper ends with a …
Alimony: The Taxing Economic Implications Of Divorce, Jared Mason, Amaia Kennedy
Alimony: The Taxing Economic Implications Of Divorce, Jared Mason, Amaia Kennedy
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
In 2017 alone, over 750,000 American couples chose to divorce3.
Nationally, fifty percent of marriages end in divorce, with each of
these marriages lasting eight years, on average. Put another way,
a divorce occurs every 13 seconds, and each of those divorces is
expensive, with an average cost of approximately $15,000 per person.