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Selected Essays on Family Law Compiled and Edited by a Committee of the Association of American Law Schools

Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1950. Pp. 1122. $9.50

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The Law of Cadavers and of Burial and Burial Places

By Percival E.Jackson

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950. Pp. lxxxvii, 734. $12.50

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Manual of Preventive Law

By Louis M. Brown

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950. Pp. 346. $5.00

Domestic Relations, John L. Westmoreland

Mercer Law Review

The General Assembly of Georgia, during the 1950 regular session, enacted three statutes modifying and repealing existing statutes dealing with divorce and domestic relations.

Probably the most important change in the divorce laws of Georgia was the amendment by the I950 Legislature of Code Section 30-107 reducing the required period of a petitioner's residence within the state before filing an application for divorce from twelve months to six months. The residence requirement of twelve months was enacted in 1893, and this amendment is the only change in the period of required residence since that time.

Operative Relationships Among Various Courts, Law Enforcement And Welfare Agencies In The City Of Detroit, Maxine Boord Virtue

Michigan Law Review

This article is the seventh chapter of a book, Survey of Metropolitan Courts: Detroit Area, which is being published this year by the Michigan Legal Series. It was prepared by this writer as a Research Associate in the employ of the Law School of the University of Michigan, under the supervising editorship of Professor Edson R. Sunderland. The study was undertaken at the request of the Committee on Judicial Administration in Metropolitan Trial Courts, appointed by the Section on Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association, of which committee Ira W. Jayne, Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of …

Torts-Right Of Husband Paying Medical Expenses To Obtain Reimbursement From Injured Wife Out Of Damages Recovered From Tortfeasor [Floyd V. Miller, Va. 1950].

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Evidence-Conclusiveness Of Evidence Of Exclusionary Results Of Blood Tests In Paternity Proceedings [Jordan V. Mace, Maine 1949]

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Domestic Relations - No Action To Husband For Wife's Personal Injuries, William W. Richardson Jr.

William and Mary Review of Virginia Law

No abstract provided.

The Community Property Agreement Statute, Sidney R. Buckley

Washington Law Review

What is the meaning of our community property agreement statute, Rem. Rev. Stat. § 6894 [P.P.C. § 434-39]? Now might be a proper time to examine it and to attempt to determine its purpose, how it has been interpreted, and how well it carries out the purpose for which it was enacted. Though it was enacted by the territorial legislature in 1879, there have been few cases involving community property agreements.

Blood Will Tell, Jule B. Greene

Mercer Law Review

One of the most vexing problems which has confronted the legal world is the accurate determination of parentage. This problem arises frequently in actions for non-support, in bastardy and probate proceedings and in prosecutions for fornication, rape and seduction.

Effect Of Heart Baln Acts On Infant's Right To Sue For Enticement Of His Parent

Indiana Law Journal

Recent Cases: Domestic Relations

Federal Estate And Gift Taxation-Adequacy Of Consideration In Transfers Connected With Divorce Proceedings Or Separation Agreements, Joseph G. Egan S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Today it is common procedure for a husband and wife, contemplating divorce or separation, to make an advance agreement concerning alimony and division of their property. Often this agreement will be adopted by the court in its decree of separation or divorce. It is the purpose of this comment to discuss the estate and gift tax consequences of such agreements. In order to understand properly the problems which have come up in connection with gift tax liability, it is necessary first to chart out the path taken under the estate tax.

The Tennessee Law Of Adoption, William Merlin

Vanderbilt Law Review

On April 6, 1949, the Tennessee Legislature passed the most comprehensive adoption act in the state's history.' The purpose of this Note is to evaluate that statute, bringing up to date the status of the adoption law in the state. Primarily, it is hoped that this Note will be of help to the practicing lawyer; and for this reason, the text has been divided to show separately the procedural and substantive aspects of the law. Of course, the distinctions made are sometimes arbitrary and unnatural. At times natural sequence has been altered for the sake of clarity. But it is …

Informal Marriages In Tennessee--Marriage By Estoppel, By Prescription And By Ratification, Robert E. Kendrick

Vanderbilt Law Review

Tennessee courts have the means for upholding informal marriages whenever the social reasons are sufficiently strong to impel them to do so. This is a very desirable result, and one which is not open to the criticism that the courts are inviting or encouraging informal marriages as against the ceremonial, statutory marriage. These devices are not alternative means of attaining the marriage status ab initio, but are merely remedial devices looking backwards, which the courts may use on occasion when satisfied that it is for the good of the state and society, as well as for the parties and their …

Evidence-Extent Of Statutory Privilege In Regard To Confidential Communications Of Husband And Wife [Menefee V. Commonwealth, Va. 1949]

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Torts-Cause Of Action Of Minor Child For Enticement Of Its Parent [Miller V. Monsen, Minn. 1949].

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Admissibility In Tennessee Of Spouses' Testimony Concerning Their Private Affairs, Barrett B. Sutton

Vanderbilt Law Review

In Tennessee neither husband nor wife may testify to matters occurring between them by reason of the marital relation.' The purpose of this rule is to insure "a free exchange of confidences" between husband and wife upon the theory that mutual confidence is a necessary element of successful marriage. The other states agree in principle; every state places some restriction upon the testimony of husband and wife. Although this Note is primarily concerned with Tennessee law, there are differences in the restrictions imposed by various states which make some comparison desirable. The common law is the starting point.

Sex, Society And Sophistry, Roslyn M. Litman, Claire B. Mcdermott

Scholarship

This note proposes a reconsideration of the soundness of the theories relied upon by the courts m denying the right of a wife to sue for loss of consortium caused by defendant's negligent conduct toward the husband. While there may be other solutions to the problems involved in actions concerning marital rights, it is intended here only to emphasize the con­sistently poor reasoning prevalent m the courts today upon which they base their dental to the wife.

The Migratory Divorce, Delbert L. Mclaughlin

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Does A Right Of Action By A Child For Enticement Of Its Parent Exist In Kentucky?, John J. Larkin

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Still Further On Whether A Spendthrift Trust May Be Reached For Alimony Or Support - Hitchins V. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Of Baltimore

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Res Judicata And Interstate Divorce - Sherrer V. Sherrer And Coe V. Coe

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Non-Resident Attachment For Overdue Support Payments - Langville V. Langville

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Separation Agreements - Their Present Status? - Cronin Et Al. V. Hebditch

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.