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Testimony Before The D.C. Council On Marriage Equality & Domestic Partnerships, Nancy Polikoff Oct 2009

Testimony Before The D.C. Council On Marriage Equality & Domestic Partnerships, Nancy Polikoff

Congressional and Other Testimony

An expert on family law issues affecting gay and lesbian couples, parents and their children, the author provides testimony in support of deleting a provision from pending legislation that would eliminate the legal status of domestic partnerships in Washington, DC. Legal status of domestic partnerships recognizes committed familial relationships other than marriage and is important to family stability and to allocate rights and responsibilities of gay and lesbian couples.


Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón Jan 2009

Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Legislative Updates , Rene Carballo Jan 2009

Legislative Updates , Rene Carballo

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Considering Mom: Maternity And The Model Act Governing Assisted Reproductive Technology, Charles P. Kindregan Jr. Jan 2009

Considering Mom: Maternity And The Model Act Governing Assisted Reproductive Technology, Charles P. Kindregan Jr.

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Joint And Shared Parenting: Valuing All Families And All Children In The Adoption Process With An Expanded Notion Of Family , Cynthia R. Mabry Jan 2009

Joint And Shared Parenting: Valuing All Families And All Children In The Adoption Process With An Expanded Notion Of Family , Cynthia R. Mabry

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


A Mother Should Not Have To Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws For Children Of Lesbian Couples In The Twenty-First Century, Nancy Polikoff Jan 2009

A Mother Should Not Have To Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws For Children Of Lesbian Couples In The Twenty-First Century, Nancy Polikoff

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Equality And Justice For Lesbian And Gay Families And Relationships, Nancy Polikoff Jan 2009

Equality And Justice For Lesbian And Gay Families And Relationships, Nancy Polikoff

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

In 1989, Tom Stoddard and Paula Ettelbrick, attorneys with the gay rights group Lambda Legal, published side-by-side opposing essays about whether marriage for same-sex couples should be a movement priority. Rutgers Law Review is publishing a 2009 symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of these now-iconic essays. This article is part of that symposium. It places the Ettelbrick essay, and the groundbreaking case of Braschi v. Stahl Associates decided the same year, in the context of the gay rights movement's strong support of family diversity. It then critiques the contemporary right-wing marriage movement for blaming all social problems on family diversity/aka …


Law That Values All Families: Beyond (Straight And Gay) Marriage, Nancy Polikoff Jan 2009

Law That Values All Families: Beyond (Straight And Gay) Marriage, Nancy Polikoff

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Multiple Families, Multiple Goals, Multiple Failures: The Need For “Limited Equalization” As A Theory Of Child Support, Adrienne Jennings Lockie Jan 2009

Multiple Families, Multiple Goals, Multiple Failures: The Need For “Limited Equalization” As A Theory Of Child Support, Adrienne Jennings Lockie

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Current child support laws are based on flawed assumptions about families that fail to reflect family complexity and the realities of parenting. Further, there has been little reevaluation of the stated goals of child support law since they were first implemented thirty years ago. The stated goals — fiscal savings, children’s economic well-being, and parental involvement — have not been achieved and are increasingly unlikely to be achieved because they ignore the way that children in multiple families — families in which at least one parent has had another child with a different partner —compete for the limited resources of …


The Hebrew Language Has Not Created A Title For Me: A Legal And Sociolinguistic Analysis Of New-Type Families, Michael Tamir, Dalia Cahana-Amitay Jan 2009

The Hebrew Language Has Not Created A Title For Me: A Legal And Sociolinguistic Analysis Of New-Type Families, Michael Tamir, Dalia Cahana-Amitay

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem Jan 2009

Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


It's Not Just Shopping Urban Lofts, And The Lesbian Gay-By Boom: How Sexual Orientation Demographics Can Inform Family Courts , Todd Brower Jan 2009

It's Not Just Shopping Urban Lofts, And The Lesbian Gay-By Boom: How Sexual Orientation Demographics Can Inform Family Courts , Todd Brower

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.