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Second Chances: Insuring That Poor Families Remain Intact By Minimizing Socioeconomic Ramification Of Poverty, Cynthia R. Mabry
Second Chances: Insuring That Poor Families Remain Intact By Minimizing Socioeconomic Ramification Of Poverty, Cynthia R. Mabry
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conceiving Non-Marital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly
West Virginia Law Review
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Inter-America Bar Association: Resolutions Of The Xxxv Conference
Inter-America Bar Association: Resolutions Of The Xxxv Conference
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Just The Facts, Ma’Am – A Review Of The Practice Of The Verbatim Adoption Of Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law, Kristen Fjeldstad
Just The Facts, Ma’Am – A Review Of The Practice Of The Verbatim Adoption Of Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law, Kristen Fjeldstad
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Second-Parent Adoption, Patricia J. Falk
Second-Parent Adoption, Patricia J. Falk
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The topic of this article is second-parent adoption. I hope to accomplish four things in my discussion. First, I will define second-parent adoption and give some reasons that it is desirable for both parents and children. Second, I will summarize the state of the law in terms of legislative enactments and case law in the United States. Third, I will discuss the role of social science in second-parent adoption cases. Finally, I will discuss some of the implications of recognizing second-parent adoptions.
Conceiving Nonmarital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly
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When do the rights of nonmarital fathers to their children quicken? Is it only upon the father's establishment of a substantial economic and emotional relationship with his child? Do such fathers' interests gel only after the ink has dried on an order or affidavit in which paternity is established or acknowledged? Do there fundamental rights lie inchoate in the beating hearts of the newborn or gestating child? How should the law regard the role of the nonmarital father in the adoption context? Should there be one standard for all or two-one for fathers of infants and another for fathers or …