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Instrumentation Of Ex-Officio Rights Of Religious Courts Judge Related To Fulfilling Children And Wife's Rights Due To Divorce, Adi Nur Rohman Uni, Sugeng Sugeng, Hesti Widyaningrum

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Most of divorce cases in Indonesia have a negative impact on divorced children and wives. This is due to the lack of public legal knowledge especially wives who are entangled in divorce cases so that their rights are often ignored. Judges of the Religious Court, in this regard, have a very important role in the protection of the rights of children and wives through the instrumentation of ex-officio rights which, because of his position, he has special authority in deciding the divorce case. This research is a combination of normative and empirical juridical research by connecting the case approach and …

Equity In American And Jewish Law, Itzchak E. Kornfeld , Ph.D.

Touro Law Review

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Chained Against Her Will: What A Get Means For Women Under Jewish Law, Michelle Kariyeva

Touro Law Review

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Wilson V. Wilson: The Effect Of Qdros On Appealing Divorce Decrees, Joshua A. Dean

Akron Law Review

In most divorces today, the largest asset held by the divorcing couple is a retirement fund belonging to one of the spouses. Courts invery state must decide how to divide a married couple’s property in order to provide each spouse his or her proper share. But when there are no assets large enough to offset the value of the retirement pension, divorce courts must find a way to “equitably distribute” the proceeds of the plan. Dealing with this large asset presented problems in the past as Congress sought to limit the ability to assign proceeds of retirement plans to anyone …

Family Law's Challenge To Religious Liberty, Raymond C. O'Brien

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Over time, the definition of family has shifted from being premised upon kinship to legal status. In modern times, family structure is based more upon function than form, seeking to derive its status as a family from the subjective intent of its members to act as a family. Many early settlers in the colonial territories came to America to escape religious persecution and practice their own religion.

For that reason, biblical language and religious doctrine formed the basis for common law, statutes, and practice. Today, there remains the notion among many Americans that the law represents a divine plan and …

Litigation In The United States And Mexico: A Comparative Overview, Robert M. Kossick, Jr.

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Domestic Relations—Arkansas Supreme Court Defines Marital Property To Include Future Pension Benefits, Roger L. Morgan

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Federal Tax Lien—Forced Sale Of The Homestead Interest Of A Non-Delinquent Spouse, Allen C. Dobson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Towards A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Matrimonial Litigation, Gary R. Matano

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The marriage institution is the basic unit in the anatomical composition of American society as it exists today. The right to marry and the right to divorce when marriage fails have long been held in the highest esteem by our nation's courts. But some citizens of the State of New York are judicially denied the right to terminate their marriages because they are indigents. The court has denied indigents their requested assignments of counsel when the assistance of counsel was unquestionably necessary for prospective matrimonial litigants. The first problem posed by that holding is that it operates as a virtual …

Divisible Divorce In Maryland - Does It Exist? - Dackman V. Dackman

Maryland Law Review

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An Idigent's Right To An In Forma Pauperis Proceeding In Pennsylvania Divorce Litigation - Analysis And A Proposal, Richard W. Hoolstein, Michael R. Stiles

Villanova Law Review

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Abstracts, Katherine Kempfer

Michigan Law Review

The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.