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Recent Trends In California Law Concerning The Best Interests Of The Child, Darlene Selby May 2013

Recent Trends In California Law Concerning The Best Interests Of The Child, Darlene Selby

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1768. Letter, 26 April 1825, from Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tennessee to A. P. Maury, also of Nashville, in which he declines to act as guardian for the children of the late Major John Reid owing to ill health and increased responsibilities.


Guardians: A Research Note, Chris Guthrie, Lawrence M. Friedman, Joanna L. Grossman Jan 1996

Guardians: A Research Note, Chris Guthrie, Lawrence M. Friedman, Joanna L. Grossman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Guardianship goes back quite far in legal history; it has been a feature of American law since the colonial period. Something like guardianship is a necessity in a system that recognizes private ownership of property, while dividing the world into those who are, and those who are not, sui juris-that is, fully capable of acting on their own. The boundaries between these two domains can be quite indistinct. Defining who is insane or incompetent can be especially problematic because these categories are socially and culturally variable. Most people committed in 1900, for example, would hardly be considered insane today; they …


Right Of Surviving Divorced Parent To Custody Of Children Mar 1962

Right Of Surviving Divorced Parent To Custody Of Children

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Child Custody Across State Lines Mar 1961

Child Custody Across State Lines

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Adultery On Custody Awards Sep 1959

Effect Of Adultery On Custody Awards

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations-Authority Of Guardian To Bring Action For Divorce In Behalf Of Insane Ward [Scott V. Scott, Fla. Ig5o] Mar 1951

Domestic Relations-Authority Of Guardian To Bring Action For Divorce In Behalf Of Insane Ward [Scott V. Scott, Fla. Ig5o]

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.