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Civil Images Of Battered Women: The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Child Custody Decisions, Naomi R. Cahn
Civil Images Of Battered Women: The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Child Custody Decisions, Naomi R. Cahn
Vanderbilt Law Review
The purpose of child custody decisions is to develop an arrangement that is in the best interest of the child by awarding the child to one or both natural parents.' The critical factors in determining the child's best interest are those that have a direct impact on the child and the child's relationships. The question of which factors are most relevant to the child's best interest is unsettled,' and the answers that have been developed are "highly contingent social construction[s]." This Article examines one factor that is directly related to children's relation- ships and well-being, yet is rarely included in …
Domestic Relations -- 1963 Tennessee Survey, T. A. Smedley
Domestic Relations -- 1963 Tennessee Survey, T. A. Smedley
Vanderbilt Law Review
During 1963, the Tennessee Supreme and Appellate Courts faced a wide variety of problems in the domestic relations field, but handed down no decisions of outstanding significance. The legislature made several minor revisions in relevant statutes, one of which may prove to be a rather important change in this state's divorce law.