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Mandatory Planning For Divorce, Jeffrey E. Stake
Mandatory Planning For Divorce, Jeffrey E. Stake
Vanderbilt Law Review
My daughter Laura will reach the median age of first marriage in about seventeen years.' Alison, her little sister, follows three years be hind. There is a good chance they both will marry. What are the odds that those marriages will work out well? Less than I would like. The strong statistical possibility of divorce is hard to ignore and the prospects upon divorce are not rosy. The economic repercussions of divorce for Laura and Alison could be grim, likely worse than those for their brother Christopher if he were to divorce.' What hope have I that this gloomy situation …
Economics, Feminism, And The Reinvention Of Alimony: A Reply To Ira Ellman, June Carbone
Economics, Feminism, And The Reinvention Of Alimony: A Reply To Ira Ellman, June Carbone
Vanderbilt Law Review
Divorce reform and gender roles are inextricably linked. When Lenore Weitzman chronicled the devastating consequences of divorce for most women, she described a legal system that, in an effort to be gender neutral in a formal sense, made no allowance for the domestic role women continue to perform. Herma Hill Kay, in reviewing Weitzman-inspired proposals to expand the scope of the financial awards made at divorce, nonetheless warned against encouraging "future couples entering marriage to make choices that will be economically disabling for women, thereby perpetuating their traditional financial dependence upon men and contributing to their inequality with men at …
Domestic Relations -- 1963 Tennessee Survey, T. A. Smedley
Domestic Relations -- 1963 Tennessee Survey, T. A. Smedley
Vanderbilt Law Review
During 1963, the Tennessee Supreme and Appellate Courts faced a wide variety of problems in the domestic relations field, but handed down no decisions of outstanding significance. The legislature made several minor revisions in relevant statutes, one of which may prove to be a rather important change in this state's divorce law.
Domestic Relations -- 1962 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Domestic Relations -- 1962 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Vanderbilt Law Review
The case of Folk v. Folk' dealt with a long-continued domestic dispute in which the husband sought unsuccessfully to terminate a separate maintenance decree. The litigation had begun in 1954 as a divorce suit by the wife. Although her prayer for divorce had been denied, she had been allowed separate maintenance from her husband because of his mistreatment of her. The chancellor in that action had provided that the separate maintenance payments should continue unless the wife should unreasonably reject a sincere attempt at reconciliation by the husband. The court of appeals had stricken this portion of the decree but …
Domestic Relations -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Domestic Relations -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Vanderbilt Law Review
Domestic Relations--1960 Tennessee Survey
I. Adoption of Children
II. Persons in Loco Parentis
III. Divorce, Alimony and Counsel Fees
1. Venue
2. Jurisdiction
3. Cancellation of Decree
4. Alimony and Counsel Fees
(a) Discretion To Deny Alimony
(b) In Solido--In Futuro
(c) Duty To Pay Counsel Fees
(d) Court Alteration of Support Agreement
(e) Attachment of Property-Non-Residents
5. Jointly-owned Property
IV. Family Immunity in Tort
V. Tenancy by Tenancy by the Entireties
Domestic Relations -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Domestic Relations -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, William J. Harbison
Vanderbilt Law Review
Three cases during the survey period dealt directly or indirectly with the subject of adoptions.
In two cases which were discussed in the 1957 survey,' petitions for the adoption of two children were denied because of domestic difficulties in the home of the petitioning parents. The children were ordered to be placed in custody of the State Welfare Department. The foster mother, however, did not comply with this order promptly and was adjudged in contempt by the trial court where her petitions had been filed. The supreme court affirmed the contempt decree in a recently reported case.
Full Faith And Credit For Divorce Decrees -- Present Doctrine And Possible Changes, James D. Sumner Jr.
Full Faith And Credit For Divorce Decrees -- Present Doctrine And Possible Changes, James D. Sumner Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
The recognition of divorce decrees has perhaps created more concern in the United States than any other legal issue. At least this is a matter that has frequently been the subject of public discussions and articles in national magazines in the last decade and a half. The "laymen" who have participated in these events probably have not realized the technical legal problems involved. However, they have at least by their discussions and writings demonstrated that migratory divorces and respect for them raise problems of national significance. Moreover, there is an abundance of legal articles by judges, lawyers, law teachers and …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases --
Criminal Law--Habitual Criminal--Right of Accused to Counsel under Fourteenth Amendment
Divorce--Alimony Decree Terminating upon Remarriage of Wife--Effect of Annulment of Subsequent Marriage
Divorce--Statutory Modification of Domiciliary Jurisdiction--Congressional Limitation of Power of Territorial Legislature
Labor Law--Unfair Labor Practice--Primary Jurisdiction in NLRB
Life Insurance--Good Health Clause--Existence of Malady Unknown to Insured
Nuisance--Liability for Non-Trespassory Interference with the Use and Enjoyment of Land--Intentional Invasion
Wills--Holographic Codicil--Publication of an Invalid Typewritten Will
Domestic Relations, William J. Harbison
Domestic Relations, William J. Harbison
Vanderbilt Law Review
There have been several important appellate decisions by the Tennessee courts in the field of domestic relations during the past year, and several significant statutes on the subject were enacted by the 1953 General Assembly. These decisions and statutes are discussed briefly herein according to subject matter.