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Brooks V. Parkerson: To Grandmother's House We Go - The Visitation Rights Of Grandparents In Georgia, Cynthia F. Zebrowitz
Brooks V. Parkerson: To Grandmother's House We Go - The Visitation Rights Of Grandparents In Georgia, Cynthia F. Zebrowitz
Georgia State University Law Review
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In Re Baby Girl Clausen: Can The Baby Jessica Nightmare Happen In Georgia?, Carolyn R. Seabolt
In Re Baby Girl Clausen: Can The Baby Jessica Nightmare Happen In Georgia?, Carolyn R. Seabolt
Georgia State University Law Review
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Judging Girls: Decision Making In Parental Consent To Abortion Cases, Suellyn Scarnecchia, Julie Kunce Field
Judging Girls: Decision Making In Parental Consent To Abortion Cases, Suellyn Scarnecchia, Julie Kunce Field
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Judges make determinations on a daily basis that profoundly affect people's lives. On March 28, 1991, the Michigan legislature enacted a statute entitled The Parental Rights Restoration Act (hereinafter "the Michigan Act" or "the Act"). This statute delegated to probate court judges the extraordinary task of deciding whether a minor girl may have an abortion without the consent of a parent. Nothing in law school and little in an average judge's experience provide a meaningful framework for making such a decision. Although many commentators, including the authors, argue that decisions about abortion should be left to the woman regardless of …