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Digging Beneath The Equality Language: The Influence Of The Fathers’ Rights Movement On Intimate Partner Violence Public Policy Debates And Family Law Reform, Kelly Alison Behre May 2015

Digging Beneath The Equality Language: The Influence Of The Fathers’ Rights Movement On Intimate Partner Violence Public Policy Debates And Family Law Reform, Kelly Alison Behre

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

In 2004, a fathers’ rights group formed in West Virginia to promote “Truth, Justice, and Equality in Family Law.” They created a media campaign including billboards and radio spots warning about the dangers of false allegations of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, even offering a $10,000 award to anyone who could prove false allegations of abuse were used against a parent in a custody case. In 2007, they released a study concluding that seventy-six percent of protection order cases were unnecessary or based on false allegations, and warned that protection orders were often filed to gain leverage in …


Voided Vows: Annulment As A Full Faith And Credit Solution To The Same-Sex Divorce Conundrum, Katharine J. Westfall Oct 2014

Voided Vows: Annulment As A Full Faith And Credit Solution To The Same-Sex Divorce Conundrum, Katharine J. Westfall

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Secular Rights And Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion And Women In Israel, Pascale Fournier, Pascal Mcdougall, Merissa Lichtsztral Feb 2012

Secular Rights And Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion And Women In Israel, Pascale Fournier, Pascal Mcdougall, Merissa Lichtsztral

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson May 2010

Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Family Law Federalism: Divorce And The Constitution, Ann Laquer Estin Dec 2007

Family Law Federalism: Divorce And The Constitution, Ann Laquer Estin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

American divorce law was transformed by the Supreme Court in a series of decisions beginning with Williams v. North Carolina in 1942. These constitutional full faith and credit cases resolved a long-standing federalism problem by redefining the scope of state power over marital status. With these decisions, the Court shifted from an analysis based on the competing interests of different states to an approach that highlighted the individual interests of the parties involved. This change fundamentally altered state power over the family by extending to individuals greater control of their marital status. In the process, the Court cleared a path …


Curing The "Every-Other-Weekend Syndrome": Why Visitation Should Be Considered Separate And Apart From Custody, Mark D. Matthews Apr 1999

Curing The "Every-Other-Weekend Syndrome": Why Visitation Should Be Considered Separate And Apart From Custody, Mark D. Matthews

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Does The Dissolution Of Covenant Marriages Mirror Common Law England's Subordination Of Women?, Rebecca E. Silberbogen Dec 1998

Does The Dissolution Of Covenant Marriages Mirror Common Law England's Subordination Of Women?, Rebecca E. Silberbogen

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Divorce And Domicile: Time To Sever The Knot, Rhonda Wasserman Oct 1997

Divorce And Domicile: Time To Sever The Knot, Rhonda Wasserman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tax Issues In Divorce, Marjorie A. O'Connell Dec 1996

Tax Issues In Divorce, Marjorie A. O'Connell

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Virginia's Domestic Relations Long-Arm Legislation: Does Its Reach Exceed Its Due Process Grasp?, E. Roy Hawkens Feb 1983

Virginia's Domestic Relations Long-Arm Legislation: Does Its Reach Exceed Its Due Process Grasp?, E. Roy Hawkens

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Family Law: Ought A Professional Degree Be Divisible As Property Upon Divorce?, Beth H. Lamb Mar 1981

Family Law: Ought A Professional Degree Be Divisible As Property Upon Divorce?, Beth H. Lamb

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Divorce And Separation: Income Tax Consequences, Barbara B. Lewis Dec 1978

Divorce And Separation: Income Tax Consequences, Barbara B. Lewis

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Federal Taxation In Separation And Divorce, Edward S. Graves Dec 1975

Federal Taxation In Separation And Divorce, Edward S. Graves

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations - Strength Of Presumptions In Marriage. Deryder V. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 206 Va. 602 (1965), Joseph Howard May 1966

Domestic Relations - Strength Of Presumptions In Marriage. Deryder V. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 206 Va. 602 (1965), Joseph Howard

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Denial Of Alimony To Solvent Wife, Richard Crouch Apr 1964

Denial Of Alimony To Solvent Wife, Richard Crouch

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of The Concept Of Matrimonial Cruelty, K. G. S. Apr 1964

Book Review Of The Concept Of Matrimonial Cruelty, K. G. S.

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ninth Ground For Divorce In Virginia: Addendum, W. Kendall Lipscomb Jr. Jan 1963

The Ninth Ground For Divorce In Virginia: Addendum, W. Kendall Lipscomb Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ninth Ground For Divorce In Virginia: Statutory Separation For Three Year, D. A. Hendler, W. Kendall Lipscomb Jr. Mar 1962

The Ninth Ground For Divorce In Virginia: Statutory Separation For Three Year, D. A. Hendler, W. Kendall Lipscomb Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger Feb 207

Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.