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Assessing The Best Interests Of The Child: Missouri Declares That A Homosexual Parent Is Not Ipso Facto Unfit For Custody, Heidi C. Doerhoff
Assessing The Best Interests Of The Child: Missouri Declares That A Homosexual Parent Is Not Ipso Facto Unfit For Custody, Heidi C. Doerhoff
Missouri Law Review
In formal child custody disputes, the voices of those at the center of the controversy, the children, are rarely heard.Their parents, who otherwise are presumed to act in their best interests, battle one another in legal proceedings that reward the parent who more persuasively portrays the deficiencies of the other's parenting skills. Because the children, especially the very young, have no adequate basis for making judgments about their long-term well-being, the state acts asparenspatriae while their parents are adversaries.Through its laws and decision makers, the state attempts to ensure that the final custody arrangement is guided by the best interests …
Switched At The Fertility Clinic: Determining Maternal Rights When A Child Is Born From Stolen Or Misdelivered Genetic Material, Alice M. Noble-Allgire
Switched At The Fertility Clinic: Determining Maternal Rights When A Child Is Born From Stolen Or Misdelivered Genetic Material, Alice M. Noble-Allgire
Missouri Law Review
In the beginning, they were one of the happy statistics from a California fertility clinic. Among the twenty percent of infertile couples whose treatments resulted in a successful pregnancy,1 they were doubly blessed, in fact, with twins.' Six years later, however, a letter in the mailbox turned their lives upside down. Although apologetic in tone, the letter suggested that the unthinkable had occurred and requested that the twins be submitted for genetic testing to determine whether they were born from another woman's eggs.3
Federal Jurisdiction Over Juveniles: Who Decides , Alicia K. Embley
Federal Jurisdiction Over Juveniles: Who Decides , Alicia K. Embley
Missouri Law Review
Because of the increase in the number and severity of violent crimes committed by juveniles, public demand for harsher penalties and proceedings for young offenders also increases each year.2 Congress has responded to the public outcry by enacting numerous pieces of legislation that mandate federal juvenile accountability. This legislation represents a drastic departure from the federal government's traditional policy of leaving juvenile justice affairs to the states. One of the many congressional acts in the past decades confers federal jurisdiction upon prosecution of juveniles who commit serious violent or drug related crimes if the United States Attorney certifies that the …