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Full-Text Articles in Conflict of Laws
Habitual Residence V. Domicile: A Challenge Facing American Conflicts Of Laws, Mo Zhang
Habitual Residence V. Domicile: A Challenge Facing American Conflicts Of Laws, Mo Zhang
Maine Law Review
Habitual residence has now become an internationally accepted connecting factor in conflict of laws and is widely being used as an alternative to, or replacement of, domicile. This concept, however, remains remote to American conflict of laws. Although the use of habitual residence in the U.S. courts is mandated by the codification of the Hague Child Abduction Convention, there is still a lack of general acceptance in American conflict of law literature. The Article argues that habitual residence should be adopted as a conflict of law connecting factor in American conflict of laws, and it would be unwise for the …
Divorce And Domicile: Time To Sever The Knot, Rhonda Wasserman
Divorce And Domicile: Time To Sever The Knot, Rhonda Wasserman
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Interest Analysis And Choice Of Law: The Dubious Dominance Of Domicile, John Bernard Corr
Interest Analysis And Choice Of Law: The Dubious Dominance Of Domicile, John Bernard Corr
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Choice Of Law And The State's Interest In Protecting Its Own, John Hart Ely
Choice Of Law And The State's Interest In Protecting Its Own, John Hart Ely
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Inquiry Into The Utility Of "Domicile" As A Concept In Conflicts Analysis, Russell J. Weintraub
An Inquiry Into The Utility Of "Domicile" As A Concept In Conflicts Analysis, Russell J. Weintraub
Michigan Law Review
No attempt is made here to conduct an exhaustive case study of any one particular area in which the concept of "domicile" is used as a tool for analysis in the conflict of laws. A number of thorough and useful studies have been made in narrow areas and are cited at appropriate places in the body of this article. Instead, this article will review the use of "domicile" in analyzing certain typical conflicts problems, particularly its use as the contact or pointing word in choice of law rules concerning the testate and intestate distribution of movables, and, as is newly …
Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Husband and wife, Wisconsin domiciliaries, were involved in an automobile accident in Illinois. W brought suit in Wisconsin against H's insurer for alleged injuries resulting from the accident. The trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that Illinois law was applicable and did not give one spouse a cause of action against the other for tort. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, held, reversed, one judge dissenting. The Illinois Married Women's Act should be strictly construed as destroying only the remedy in the Illinois courts, but not the substantive right to relief; hence, the Wisconsin …
Interstate Recognition Of Custody Decrees: Law And Reason V. The Restatement, Albert A. Ehrenzweig
Interstate Recognition Of Custody Decrees: Law And Reason V. The Restatement, Albert A. Ehrenzweig
Michigan Law Review
After days of bitter contest, a weary judge dissolves the marriage bond and, lacking Solomon's sword, allots the child to his mother. Thus the stage is set for the second act of the tragedy. Craving a new life for herself and her child, the mother moves to another state, and the father, seeing his right of visitation thus put in jeopardy, pleads the mother's removal in the original court which, loyal to the more faithful citizen, now awards custody to him. Should a judge of the mother's new home state heed this change? And again, what should be done if …
Conflict Of Laws-Model Execution Of Wills Statute-Law Governing Revocation Of Will, Edward W. Rothe S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws-Model Execution Of Wills Statute-Law Governing Revocation Of Will, Edward W. Rothe S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Decedent's will, devising Iowa realty, was denied probate in Illinois, the state of domicile, on grounds that the will had been revoked by cancellation. The devisees offered the will for probate in Iowa, under whose law no revocation was effected. The heirs contested probate on grounds that the Illinois denial of probate was conclusive and binding on Iowa courts in view of §633.49, Iowa code, 1946: "A last will and testament executed without this state, in the mode prescribed by the law, either of the place where executed or the testator's domicile, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and …
Conflict Of Laws-Jurisdictional Basis For Awarding Custody Of Minor Child, Charles E. Becraft S. Ed.
Conflict Of Laws-Jurisdictional Basis For Awarding Custody Of Minor Child, Charles E. Becraft S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff and his wife, domiciliaries of California, separated June 3, 1946. On Oct. 25, 1946, the wife took the minor child of the marriage to Nevada where she commenced proceedings to obtain a divorce. On Feb. 4, 1947, a final decree awarded her a divorce and custody of the child. She remarried and moved to Utah where she and the child have lived ever since. On Jan. 2, 1947, the plaintiff filed a petition in California asking for a divorce and custody of the child. On July 8, 1947, plaintiff applied for an order pendente lite to award him custody …
Conflict Of Laws - Foreign Marriage - Dower
Conflict Of Laws - Foreign Marriage - Dower
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was divorced in the District of Columbia on the ground of her adultery with defendant's intestate. A statute of the District provided that the innocent party only may remarry. With no intention of evading the statute, plaintiff and defendant's intestate established a domicil in Florida and were there married. On the death of the latter in the District of Columbia, plaintiff claimed a dower interest in real estate located there. Held, plaintiff can recover. Loughran v. Loughran, 292 U. S. 216, 54 Sup. Ct. 684 (1934), reversing Loughran v. Loughran, (App. D. C. 1933) 66 F. …
Conflict Of Laws - Inter Vivos Trust-Administration In State Other Than State Where Created
Conflict Of Laws - Inter Vivos Trust-Administration In State Other Than State Where Created
Michigan Law Review
Under an antenuptial agreement executed in Quebec, P made D the beneficiary of a $125,000 trust fund. Later, in consideration for renouncing her interest in this trust fund, D was made the beneficiary of a $1,000,000 trust, under an instrument executed in Quebec at the settlor's domicil, but with a New York trustee, the trust to be administered in New York where a substantial portion of the res was located at the time of settlement. Under the local law of Quebec such modification of the antenuptial agreement was invalid; under the local law of New York it was valid. When …
Conflict Of Laws-Domicile-Residence
Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine
Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine
Michigan Law Review
H, an Englishman, married W in England. On separation H acquired a domicil in Germany. A child was thereafter born to Y, a woman with whom H was living in Germany. H subsequently divorced W in Germany and married Y. Whether the child was legitimate determined whether H had validly exercised a power of appointment in an English settlement. Held, legitimacy is to be determined by the law of the domicil, including its rules of private international law. Germany, referring the matter to English law, found a remittance which Germany accepted and applied German municipal law. The child, by …
Conflict Of Laws-Adoption-Jurisdiction
Conflict Of Laws-Adoption-Jurisdiction
Michigan Law Review
Sociologists treat of the subject of adoption very sparsely. It is but a desired end in their work, and having its foundation in law, yields but slightly to sociological supervision. However, there exist many reports and treatises in the field of child placement and the effect thereof on the child. The most cursory examination of these works reveals that from the social point of view, at least, the work is conducted with but one end in view, i. e., the welfare of the child. Adoption, as a means to this end, has the same reason for its foundation. To this …
Conflict Of Laws-Testamentary Trusts
Conflict Of Laws-Testamentary Trusts
Michigan Law Review
The rules of conflict of laws are, in many instances, in chaotic condition. Particularly is this true in parts of the law applying to trusts of personal property created by will. When the domicile of the testator, the place of execution of the will, the residence of the trustees, and the trust estate are all in the same jurisdiction, it is evident that the law of that state will control. But when the domiciles of the trustees and the testator differ, or when the trust estate is in a foreign land, we are presented with our specific problem of the …
Legitimation And Adoption In The Conflict Of Laws, Herbert F. Goodrich
Legitimation And Adoption In The Conflict Of Laws, Herbert F. Goodrich
Michigan Law Review
Legitimation is defined in Bouvier's Law Dictionary as the act of giving the character of legitimate children to those who were not so born. To make the description complete, it should be added that the natural relation of parent and child must exist between the parties (if strangers in blood the case becomes one of adoption) and that the act or acts of legitimation must be provided for by law.
Conflict Of Laws--The Uniform Divorce Act And Full Faith And Credit
Conflict Of Laws--The Uniform Divorce Act And Full Faith And Credit
Michigan Law Review
in spite of the recognized need for uniformity in divorce law, the Act Regulating Annulment of Marriage and Divorce has not met with widespread favor. This act was framed by the National Congress on Uniform Divorce Laws in 1900 and was approved in 1907 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. It has been adopted only by Delaware, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. While general adoption would remove much of the present uncertainty in the law, some interesting problems are still left for solution.
Foreign Marriages And The Conflict Of Laws, Herbert F. Goodrich
Foreign Marriages And The Conflict Of Laws, Herbert F. Goodrich
Michigan Law Review
It is common these days to speak of marriage as a contract. Not only do we use the term "marriage contract" as meaning a promise to marry in the future, but also to describe the contract or expression of consent by which the parties take each other for husband and wife. The statutes of many of our states declare marriage to be a "civil contract." A moment's thought will show great differences between marriage and the ordinary civil contract. A marriage contract can be contracted only between a man and a woman; it has no validity if one of the …