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The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis: A Case Study In Family Court Planning, Andrew Schepard

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on addressing the adolescent mental health crisis within the framework of family court planning, particularly in the context of parental separation and divorce. It emphasizes the need for comprehensive planning processes within family courts to integrate Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) as a central strategy for tackling this crisis effectively. It seeks to enhance mental health services for adolescents involved in family court proceedings.

The Internationalization Of American Family Law, Barbara Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Even fifty years ago, the United States was a superpower and Americans traveled for pleasure and worked abroad. Then, like now, the United States was a magnet for immigrants seeking freedom, or asylum, or opportunity. Then, like now, human relationships crossed geographical and political boundaries, challenging the limits of family law.

But globalization and the vast migrations of capital and labor that have accompanied it in recent decades have transformed family law in once unimaginable ways. Families have been torn apart and new families have been created. Borders have become more porous, allowing adoptees and mail order brides to join …

Goodbye Homo Economicus: Cognitive Dissonance, Brain Science, And Highly Effective Collaborative Practice, Pauline H. Tesler

Hofstra Law Review

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"Making Marriage And Divorce Safe For Women" Revisited, Herman Hill Kay

Hofstra Law Review

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Love On The Oregon Trail: What The Story Of Maynard V. Hill Teaches Us About Marriage And Democratic Self-Governance, Steven H. Hobbs

Hofstra Law Review

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Human Capital As Marital Property, Leslie F. Burns, Gregg A. Grauer

Hofstra Law Review

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Aids And Divorce, Andrew Schepard

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

AIDS is the greatest public health challenge of the late twentieth century. It is a frightening disease, inevitably fatal to its victims. We do not know who among us carries the virus that causes AIDS; symptoms may not become visible for years after infection. Yet, we do know that the numbers of people potentially afflicted are staggering. There is no cure, no miracle vaccine, in sight.

Inevitably, some people infected with the AIDS virus, will be married, parents, and involved in disintegrating relationships with their spouses. AIDS-related problems will be a focal point of their divorces. Indeed, such cases are …

Property Distribution In Domestic Relations Law: A Proposal For Excluding Educational Degrees And Professional Licenses From The Marital Estate, Ann E. Weiss

Hofstra Law Review

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