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The Uses And Abuses Of Religion In Child Custody Cases: Parents Outside The Wall Of Separation, Joshua S. Press Jan 2009

The Uses And Abuses Of Religion In Child Custody Cases: Parents Outside The Wall Of Separation, Joshua S. Press

Indiana Law Journal

Religious custody disputes such as those at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints compound in April, 2008 are very complex and are finding their way into courts with increasing regularity. This Essay argues that in responding to these religious custody disputes, courts should abstain from either analyzing a parent’s religious practices for their perceived “risks of harm” to the child, or from applying a flat rule to ensure that the custodial parent’s religious preferences take primacy. Instead, courts should employ the actual or substantial harm standard—which would only bar a parent from fully practicing her religion if …


What About The Children? A Call For Regulation Of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cahterine A. Clements Jan 2009

What About The Children? A Call For Regulation Of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cahterine A. Clements

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Child Support And (In)Ability To Pay: The Case For The Cost Shares Model, Pamela Foohey Jan 2009

Child Support And (In)Ability To Pay: The Case For The Cost Shares Model, Pamela Foohey

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Currently enacted child support guidelines primarily focus on maintaining children's economic well-being when a single household is split into two. This article argues that this focus discounts another consideration which, when combined with the current analysis, could further advance children's well-being: the ability of parents to pay. An analysis of payment characteristics demonstrates that lower child support obligations may increase the amount of child support paid on average. Lowering presumptive obligations will make lower-income parents better able and more likely to pay their obligations, thereby increasing the amount of child support paid to lower-income children, while at most only marginally …


Who Is A Parent?, Michelle M. Botek, Dorothy R. Fait, Jillian L. Dilaura Jan 2009

Who Is A Parent?, Michelle M. Botek, Dorothy R. Fait, Jillian L. Dilaura

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.