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What Is Cultural Misappropriation And Why Does It Matter? 03-31-2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law
What Is Cultural Misappropriation And Why Does It Matter? 03-31-2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law
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Promoting Permanency And Human Rights, Lauren Bartlett
Promoting Permanency And Human Rights, Lauren Bartlett
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An increasing number of children are being cared for exclusively by grandparents or extended family. The majority of these caregivers are raising children outside of the foster care system without a formal legal status. In fact, kinship diversion, placing children whose parents cannot or will not care for them with family or friends outside of the foster care system, is encouraged by state and federal law. Informal kinship caregivers face many obstacles to providing care for children and they are more likely to be unemployed, receive government benefits, and be less educated, as compared with parents raising their own children. …
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
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Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
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Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition Of Adoptions By Gays And Lesbians, Rhonda Wasserman
Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition Of Adoptions By Gays And Lesbians, Rhonda Wasserman
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Parents and their biological children routinely cross state borders safe in the assumption that the parent-child relationship will be recognized wherever they go. The central issue raised in this Article is whether the law guarantees parents and their adopted children the same security if the parents are gay. This question is part of a broader debate about the obligation of states to recognize changes in family status effected under the laws of other states, such as same-sex marriages and migratory divorces. The debate is divisive because it pits the family against the state; one state against another; and the needs …