Family Law Commons^™

Transforming Aggressive Prosecution Policies: Prioritizing Victims' Long-Term Safety In The Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Cases, Deborah Epstein, Margret E. Bell, Lisa A. Goodman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The "Pitiless Double Abuse" Of Battered Mothers, Justine A. Dunlap

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Domestic Violence, Child Custody, And Child Protection: Understanding Judicial Resistance And Imaging The Solutions, Joan S. Meier

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Theories Of Domestic Violence In The African Context, Cynthia Grant Bowman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Lawmaking On-Line: The Fivers Domestic Violence Listserve, Kathleen Waits

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Battering, Forgiveness, And Redemption, Brenda V. Smith

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Building A Doll's House: A Feminist Analysis Of Marital Debt Dischargeability In Bankruptcy, Peter C. Alexander

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Power, Possibility And Choice: The Racial Identity Of Transracially Adopted Children, Twila L. Perry

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Review of The Ethics of Transracial Adoption by Hawley Fogg-Davis

Essay: Jurisdiction In Family Law Matters: The Minnesota Perspective, Robert E. Oliphant

William Mitchell Law Review

This article adds to the growing library of analysis and commentary on Minnesota family law. It surveys, reviews, analyzes, and comments on the decisions of Minnesota's appellate courts in the sometimes challenging and always interesting areas of subject matter and personal jurisdiction. The article examines many of the more common issues associated with jurisdiction that impact Minnesota family law in the areas of child support, custody, property division, maintenance, and paternity. It investigates the jurisdictional questions involved when applying Minnesota's long-arm statute and weighs the potential constitutional barriers to its application. It also examines relevant provisions of the Parental Kidnapping …

Illegitimate Children’S Rights In Probate Proceedings—In Re Estate Of James A. Palmer, Deceased, Robert A. Mcleod

William Mitchell Law Review

The transfer of a person's assets after death has been an important element in the law beginning with the Magna Carta, and is firmly rooted in American jurisprudence. Defining children and heirs for probate purposes remains a difficult issue. In particular, the determination of children and heirs in an age when the birth of “illegitimate” children is common makes the proper and just determination of heirship a recurring and timely topic. The Minnesota Probate Code defines the term “child” and provides: “a person is the child of the person's parents regardless of the marital status of the parents and the …

The Shackles Of Covenant Marriage: Who Holds The Keys To Wedlock, Chauncey E. Brummer

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Family Law—Putative Fathers And The Presumption Of Legitimacy—Adams And The Forbidden Fruit: Clashes Between The Presumption Of Legitimacy And The Rights Of Putative Fathers In Arkansas, Edward R. Armstrong

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Affairs Of The Heart, Michael T. Flannery

Law Faculty Scholarship

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For Ira Ellman: One More Reason 'Why Making Family Law Is Hard', David L. Chambers

Articles

Kate Bartlett and Ira worked together as reporters on the ALI project. I was merely one of nearly thirty advisors to the reporters. The advisors had no responsibility for drafting, no responsibility for coming up with original proposals. Our sole job was to come once a year to a meeting in Philadelphia and take potshots at the drafts that Ira, Kate, and Grace Blumberg sent to us. At the meetings, the reporters would sit on a platform and listen to our comments as we moved section by section through a draft. Ira became a master of reportership. He would nod …

Strangers And Brothers: A Homily On Transracial Adoption, Carl E. Schneider

Articles

The common law speaks to us in parables. Ours is Drummond v. Fulton County Department of Family and Children's Services. Just before Christmas 1973, a boy named Timmy was born to a white mother and a black father. A month later, his mother was declared unfit, and the Department of Family and Children Services placed Timmy with white foster parents - Robert and Mildred Drummond. The Drummonds were "excellent" and "loving" parents, and Timmy grew into "an extremely bright, highly verbal, outgoing 15-month baby boy." Then the Drummonds asked to adopt Timmy. The Department's reviews of the Drummonds' devotion …

A Constitutional Challenge To Michigan’S Ban On Second Parent Adoption By The Unmarried Partner Of The Child’S Current Parent, Robert Allen Sedler

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Marriage Law: Obsolete Or Cutting Edge?, Jeffrey S. Lehman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Globalization And Comparative Family Law: A Discussion Of Pluralism, Universality, And Markets, James T. Gathii, Patricia Youngblood Reyhan

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Developments In Law And Policy: Emerging Issues In Family Law, Michael T. Morley, Richard Albert, Jennie L. Kneedler, Chrystiane Pereira

Scholarly Publications

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Reforming Child Protection In Response To The Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse Scandal, Susan Vivian Mangold

Journal Articles

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Battered Men: Implementing Educational Programs For An Overlooked Problem, Elizabeth Morales

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Recommendations For Reform Of The Child Support System In Cook County, Malcolm Rich, Kristina Tunnicliff

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Protecting Transgender Families: Strategies For Advocates, Taylor Flynn

Media Presence

This Article discusses the difficulties involving divorce for married transgender women and men in the United States. For a transgender (trans) man or woman, what begins as the dissolution of a relationship may be transformed into a public nightmare in which the individual is forced to defend the authenticity of his or her gender in the face of relentless, brutal, and humiliating questions about the most intimate details of personal anatomy and sexual practices.

The Author suggest that the courts should point to the medical standards of care, which conclude that sex is determined by gender identity: the court then …

Jon O. Newman And The Abortion Decisions: A Remarkable First Year, Andrew D. Hurwitz

NYLS Law Review

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Is "Response To Intervention" The Answer To The Individuals With Disability Education Act Eligibility Mess?

Child and Family Law Journal

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Promoting Children's Interest Through A Responsible Research Agenda, Margaret F. Brinig

Journal Articles

I deeply wish to see more good empirical work in family law. If our system had all of the money in the world, I would wish to spend it to guarantee happy, healthy children. But since resources are scarce, and children's issues must compete with other interests that range from national security to care for the elderly, I would suggest spending a relatively modest amount to determine what programs would likely prove successful.

Usually public policy follows from the wishes of adults. In family law, this occurs although virtually all the legislation dealing with families and children begins with a …

The Race Card: Dealing With Domestic Violence In The Courts, Leslie Espinoza Garvey

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Battered Women, Child Maltreatment, Prison, And Poverty: Issues For Theory And Practice, Naomi R. Cahn

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Advancing Equality In Domestic Violence Law Reform, Julie Goldscheid

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Why Do You Do The Things You Do? Clemency For Battered Incarcerated Women, A Decade's Review, Linda L. Ammons

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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