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Support Of The Surviving Spouse And Minor Children In Virginia: Proposed Legislation V. Present Law, J. Rodney Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

The death of any person creates for the decedent's family a number of problems of varying degrees of difficulty and immediacy. When the decedent's family consists of a surviving spouse and/or minor children who were dependent upon the decedent for their support, these problems have the highest degree of immediacy. If a question exists concerning the solvency of the decedent's estate the immediacy is compounded by a high degree of difficulty in finding viable solutions to these problems. In addition to having to cope with the tragedy of the personal loss caused by the death, the family must also cope …

Cultural Diversity In Custody Disputes, Frederick H. Zemans

All Papers

The Commentaries give us a perspective of the expectations of medieval English society and its laws with respect to child rearing and the transmission of community values. Canada has inherited the common laws' values as articulated by Blackstone and has attempted to integrate them into its very different society.

Heterogeneous and pluralistic, Canada's society contains numerous cultural groups, each of which maintain distinct and independent traditions as well as the various national and religious institutions required to support these traditions.

Termination Of Parental Rights-An Analysis Of Virginia's Statute, Barbara M. Rose

University of Richmond Law Review

The act of terminating parental rights-the total and permanent severance of the parent-child relationship-is an example of extreme intervention by the state in an individual's private interests. It involves the complex interrelations of a trilogy: the parents' natural rights, the child's personal interests, and the state's interest in the welfare of its citizens.

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act In Virginia, Elizabeth Carrington Shuff

University of Richmond Law Review

Due to the dramatic rise over the last decade in the number of child custody disputes between parents who are geographically separated, courts increasingly are faced with interstate litigation and its attendant legal and emotional problems. Because foreign state custody decrees traditionally have been viewed as modifiable and therefore have not been accorded the respect given to final decrees, parents who lose in one state have been encouraged to seek a more favorable forum in a second state. By employing such self-help methods as "child snatching,"' a parent can avail himself of a second day in court.

Books Received, C. A. P.

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

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Documents on Prisoners of War Edited by Howard S. Levie Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College Press, 1979. Pp. 841.

Chinese Family Law and Social Change in Historical and Comparative Perspective Edited by David C. Buxbaum Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1978. Pp. 553. Bibliography and Chinese-English Glossary

The Definition of Law By Herman Kantorowicz Edited by A. H. Campbell New York: Octagon Books, 1980. Pp. 89. $13.50

The Legal Regime of Islands in International Law By Derek W. Bowett Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc.,1978. Pp. 337. Diagrams and Maps.

International Norms and National …

Indian And Inuit Family Law And The Canadian Legal System, Bradford W. Morse

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Legislation: Cooperation As The Key To Effectuation Of The Indian Child Welfare Act, Suzanne Broadbent

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Marital Property Distribution: Legal And Emotional Considerations, Norman Perlberger

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

The End Of Legal Kidnapping In Pennsylvania: The Development Of A Decided Public Policy, Frederick N. Frank

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Divorce Law Practice (Part 1), Harvey L. Zuckman

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Specific Performance Of Separation Agreements: Is The Remedy Enforceable?, Jane Wettach

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Morris L. Cohen, Judith T. Younger

Vanderbilt Law Review

Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Used in American Law Books by Doris Bieber

The proliferation of legal sources and abbreviations poses two related problems--first, the need for standardized citation forms,and second, the need for guides to commonly used abbreviations. The first problem has been difficult to solve, and universal acceptance of standard citations is unlikely to be achieved. A Uniform System of Citation, published by the Harvard Law Review Association, in collaboration with the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, has attained wide acceptance and has become the authoritative guide for legal citations …

What Causes Fundamental Legal Ideas? Marital Property In England And France In The Thirteenth Century, Charles Donahue Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Categorizing broadly, the marital property systems of the Western nations today are divided into two types: those in which husband and wife own all property separately except those items that they have expressly agreed to hold jointly (in a nontechnical sense) and those in which husband and wife own a substantial portion or even all of their property jointly unless they have expressly agreed to hold it separately. The system of separate property is the "common law" system, in force in most jurisdictions where the Anglo-American common law is in force. The system of joint property is the community property …

Constitutional Law-Equal Protection-Parent And Child-Adoption-Unwed Father Has Equal Protection Right To Consent-Caban V. Mohammed, 441 U.S. 380 (1979).

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Alimony For Men -- The Changing Law, Pamela Joy Smith

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

United States V. Clark, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Is There A Need For Equitable Distribution Of Property Upon Divorce In North Carolina: Leatherman V. Leatherman, Jimmy D. Sharpe

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

State V. West, No. 53, 123, 23 Fla. L. W. 265 (Sup. Ct. June 7, 1979), Marjorie E. Smith

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law-EQUAL PROTECTION-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR PATERNITY SUITS DOES NOT DENY ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS

The Unwed Father: Conflict Of Rights In Adoption Proceedings, Winston R. Davis

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Community Property And The Banruptcy Reform Act Of 1978 Selected Articles On The Bankruptcy Reform Act Of 1978., Alan Pedlar

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Community Property - Benefits Awarded Under The Railroad Retirement Act Are Not Community Property Subject To Division Upon Divorce., Paul Andrew Drummond

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

The Haitian Vacation: The Applicability Of Sham Doctrine To Year-End Divorces, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note examines the propriety of applying the sham doctrine to tax-motivated divorces. Section I outlines the evolution of the sham doctrine from its exposition in Gregory v. Helvering through its expression in two different tests for commercial transactions. Section II then studies the relationship between state divorce law and the marital status provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to demonstrate the clear congressional preference for incorporating state law by reference rather than creating an independent federal law of marriage. It also examines the history of the 1969 Tax Reform Act in a vain effort to discern a congressional desire …

Funded Adoption: A "Viable" Alternative To Abortion, Frederick R. Vandeveer

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Family Law–Divorce–Constitutionality Of Arkansas Property Settlement And Alimony Statutes, Gordon W. Hawthorne

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Family Law–Adoption–Revised Uniform Adoption Act, Terry L. Derden

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Adoption: A Plea For Realistic Constitutional Decisionmaking, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

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Comparative Family Law: Law And Social Change?, Charles Donahue Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of State, Law and Family: Family Law in Transition in the United States and Western Europe by Mary Ann Glendon

Professional Corporation May Have Valuable Goodwill, Apart From Person Of Individual Member, That Must Me Considered In Property Settlement On Divorce., Carey P. Locke

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Domestic Relations—Post-Minority Child Support In Dissolution Proceedings—Childers V. Childers, 89 Wn. 2d 592, 575 P.2d 201 (1978), Patrick Charles Marshall

Washington Law Review

This note will first explore the purpose of child support and the changes in Washington law resulting in the court's construction of the Dissolution Act in Childers. Following an analysis of the Childers opinion, the remainder of this note will outline the present operation and scope of the child support provisions in the Dissolution Act and discuss the impact the provisions might have upon custody of children.

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1978

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.