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Promoting The Best Interests Of Children Whose Parents Are Divorcing: The Next Steps For Arkansas, Kenneth S. Gallant J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Professionals' Perceptions Of Divorce Involving Children, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Pippa Simpson Ph.D., Trevor Gage M.D., Kim Worley M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Battered-Child Syndrome: Is It A Paradigm For A Child Of Embattled Divorce?, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Michael W. Mellon Ph.D., Beth O. Butler L.C.S.W., Suzanne E. Stroh R.N.P., Nicholas Long Ph.D., Jerry G. Jones M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Guardian Ad Litem In Custody And Conflict Cases: Investigator, Champion, And Referee, Dana E. Prescott J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Building Multidisciplinary Professional Partnerships With The Court Of Behalf Of High-Conflict Divorcing Families And Their Children: Who Needs What Kind Of Help, Janet R. Johnston Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Comprehensive Child Custody Evaluation—Ten Years Later, Robert L. Halon Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Qualifications Of The Techniques To Be Used By Judges, Attorneys, And Mental Health Professionals Who Deal The Children In High Conflict Divorce Cases, Barry Bricklin Ph.D., Gail Elliott Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Family Law—Petitions To Change A Minor Child's Surname: Arkansas Supreme Court Adopts "Clearly Erroneous" Standard Of Review And Establishes Six-Factor Test. Huffman V. Fisher, 337 Ark. 58, 987 S.W.2d 269 (1999)., Luke Zakrzewski

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Child Maltreatment And Endangerment In The Context Of Divorce, Kathleen Coulborn Faller Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Evolving Judicial Role In Child Custody Disputes: From Fault Finder To Conflict Manager To Differential Case Management, Andrew Schepard J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Contentious Divorce: The Rocky Path To The Child's Best Interests, Michael S. Jellinek M.D., Kate Erwin M.D., Alexa Bagnell M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Eugenic Sterilization Laws, Paul A. Lombardo

Faculty Publications By Year

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Stalking: Cultural, Clinical, And Legal Considerations, Carol E. Jordan, Karen Quinn, Bradley O. Jordan, Celia R. Daileader

Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications

Crimes of violence against women are unique in their treatment by our culture and our system of legal justice. Both culturally and statutorily, victims of crimes which have historically been perpetrated against women, such as rape, domestic violence, and stalking have received significant focus. This article highlights cultural considerations and provides a statutory and case law analysis.

Social Norms And The Legal Regulation Of Marriage, Elizabeth S. Scott

Faculty Scholarship

Americans have interesting and somewhat puzzling attitudes about the state's role in defining and enforcing family obligations. Most people view lasting marriage as an important part of their life plans and take the commitment of marriage very seriously. Yet any legal initiative designed to reinforce that commitment generates controversy and is viewed with suspicion in many quarters. For example, covenant marriage statutes, which offer couples entering marriage the option of undertaking a modest marital commitment, are seen by many observers as coercive and regressive measures rather than ameliorating reforms.

The law tends to reflect – and perhaps contributes to – …

The Reawakening Of Marriage, Raymond C. O'Brien

West Virginia Law Review

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Family Law In The Age Of Distrust, Carl E. Scheider

Articles

I have been invited to examine the relationship between American culture and American family law at the end of the century. No doubt I was foolish to accept the invitation, since the topic can hardly be sketched, much less discussed, within the compass of even a lengthy article. On the other hand, that happy fault forces me to accept the luxury of writing a speculative essay and of eschewing the footnotes that are the misery (and majesty) of the academic lawyer. But even thus set free I am still enchained. Family law is shaped by more cultural forces than I …

The Freedom To Marry For Same-Sex Couples: The Opening Appellate Brief Of Plaintiffs Stan Baker Et Al. In Baker Et Al. V. State Of Vermont, Mary Bonauto, Susan M. Murray, Beth Robinson

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

As the first state to prohibit slavery by constitution, and one of the few states which, from its inception, extended the vote to male citizens who did not own land, the State of Vermont has long been at the forefront of this nation's march toward full equality for all of its citizens. In July 1997, three same-sex couples challenged Vermont to act as a leader yet again, this time in affording full civil rights to the State's gay and lesbian citizens. Stan Baker and Peter Harrigan, Nina Beck and Stacy Jolles, and Holly Puterbaugh and Lois Farnham were denied marriage …

Family Law And Gay And Lesbian Family Issues In The Twentieth Century, Nancy Polikoff, David Chambers

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Over the past thirty years, lesbians and gay men have increasingly challenged conventional definitions of marriage and the family. In this brief article, the authors tell the story of gay people and family law in the United States across this period. They divide their discussion into two sections: issues regarding the recognition of the same-sex couple relationship and issues regarding gay men and lesbians as parents. These issues overlap, of course, but since family law discussions commonly treat adult-adult issues of all sorts separately from parent-child issues, the authors believe it convenient and helpful to do so as well.

The Marriage Mirage: The Personal And Social Indentity Implications Of Same-Gendered Matrimony, Linda S. Eckols

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article will examine why so much is at stake in the political, social, and legal debate over same-gender marriage. It will not address the constitutional questions of whether there is a fundamental right to marry, although persuasive arguments have been advanced from both sides of the debate." This Article will focus on a more introspective view of the potential effects of legalizing same-gender marriage on the identities of gay men and lesbians in committed relationships and on the interaction between same-gender couples and society. Marriage would provide the integration sought by gay men and lesbians, but at the expense …

Protection, Privatization And Profit In The Foster Care System, Susan Vivian Mangold

Journal Articles

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For Better Or Worse: A Critical Analysis Of Florida's Defense Of Marriage Act, Michael J. Kanotz

Florida State University Law Review

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The New Marriage Contract And The Limits Of Private Ordering, Gregory S. Alexander

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Susanna And The Elders: A Note On The Regulation Of Families, Carol Weisbrod

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Legal Narratives, Theraputic Narratives: The Invisibility And Omnipresence Of Race And Gender, Leslie G. Espinoza

Michigan Law Review

My first introduction to Denise Gray was through a form. The intake sheet was dated October 17, 1994. The legal problem was straightforward. My introduction to Denise Gray would come much later. I am a clinical law professor. The clinic, Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, is known as "LAB." I teach students law by supervising them as they represent, usually for the first time, a real person with real problems.

Child Care Policy And The Welfare Reform Act, Peter R. Pitegoff

Faculty Publications

This article sketches the 1996 Welfare Reform Act's major changes with particular attention to federally subsidized child care for low-income families.

Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chambers

Articles

Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country -- taxation, otrts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on.

The Deliberate Contruction Of Families Without Fathers: Is It An Option For Lesbian And Heterosexual Mothers, Nancy Polikoff

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Innocent Spouses, Reasonable Women And Divorce: The Gap Between Reality And The Internal Revenue Code, Stephen A. Zorn

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article asks whether the "reasonable woman" should become the standard for women seeking relief from tax liabilities under the innocent spouse provision of the I.R.C. and whether an even more specific standard should be adopted for women who are also going through divorce or are in similar situations.

What If? The Legal Consequences Of Marriage And The Legal Needs Of Lesbian And Gay Male Couples, David L. Chambers

Articles

Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country - taxation, torts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on. In this article I inquire into the patterns these laws form and the central benefits and obligations that marriage entails, a task few scholars have undertaken in recent years. I have done so because same-sex couples, a large group not previously eligible to marry under the laws of any American jurisdiction, may be on the brink of securing the opportunity to do so in …

Separating From Children, Carol Sanger

Faculty Scholarship

On September 1, 1939, in anticipation of the imminent German bombing of British cities, 150,000 children were assembled at the railway stations of London and sent throughout the day to "'destinations unknown'" in the English countryside. Mothers and children under five were evacuated together but school-age children were shipped out to rural billets in school groups, accompanied only by their teachers and civil defense volunteers. Forty years later, an observer remembered the day vividly:

[T]he mothers [were] trying to hold back their tears as they marched these little boys and girls in their gas masks into the centre …. The …