Registering Relationships,
2013
Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
Registering Relationships, Erez Aloni
All Faculty Publications
Despite the dramatic changes in family structure in the past decades — including the unprecedented and skyrocketing number of families who live in non-marital arrangements — marriage and marriage-mimic institutions remain the only legal options for the recognition of relationships. This regulatory regime leaves millions of Americans without the means to establish and protect relationship rights. The article suggests that the legal issues arising from non-marital relationships would be best addressed if more options for legal recognition of such relationships were offered. Accordingly, this article presents the primary principles of a registration-based marriage alternative, founded on contract: “registered contractual relationships.” …
Grandma In The White House: Legal Support For Intergenerational Caregiving,
2013
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Grandma In The White House: Legal Support For Intergenerational Caregiving, Jessica Dixon Weaver
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Marian Robinson’s status as the live-in First Grandmother is an example of a growing trend in the United States - the multigenerational family. The 2010 United States Census Data reflects that the number of households with multiple generations living under one roof has increased by 25% this decade. Mrs. Robinson also reflects another new development in American families: grandparents helping their adult children with caregiving. More than 70% of grandparents are taking care of their grandkids on a regular basis, and 13% are primary caretakers. Many grandparents treat their role as caregiver like a profession, and they sacrifice jobs, residences, …
Children Of Polyamorous Families: A First Empirical Look,
2013
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Children Of Polyamorous Families: A First Empirical Look, Mark Goldfeder, Elisabeth Sheff
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
From Collaboration To Consolidation: Developing A More Expansive Model For Responding To Family Violence,
2013
Touro Law Center
From Collaboration To Consolidation: Developing A More Expansive Model For Responding To Family Violence, Deseriee A. Kennedy
Scholarly Works
Academics and activists have frequently called for increased collaboration and communication between domestic violence and child welfare agencies as a means of more effectively responding to the impact of domestic violence on children and in recognition of the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment. This Article reviews whether efforts based on the Greenbook and other initiatives calling for collaboration have led to any appreciable decrease in family violence. The Article finds evidence to suggest that there has not been significant improvement in the incidence or severity of family violence and more radical responses to family violence are needed. It …
Why Eu Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Fail In Italy: A Feminist Legal Analysis,
2012
University of San Francisco
Why Eu Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Fail In Italy: A Feminist Legal Analysis, Chrystal Orozco
Master's Theses
Following the establishment of the European Parental Leave Directive (96/34/EC), the female employment rate in Italy is still ranked the third lowest in the European Union (EU) and Italian women continue to do twice as much household work as Italian men. Parents, especially women, struggle to find a balance between professional work and their family lives in a society that encourages the traditional gendered roles of the housewife and the breadwinner. The following study is a theoretical analysis of the Parental Leave Directive and the potential domestic influences that may prevent Italy from progressing socially towards gender equality. This study …
Summary Of Devries V. Gallio, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 63,
2012
Nevada Law Journal
Summary Of Devries V. Gallio, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 63, Wade Beavers
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court considered whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to award ex-husband (DeVries) an interest in ex-wife’s (Gallio’s) cattle company after having labored there without compensation, ostensibly increasing the value of the business. The Court also considered whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to award the ex-husband requested spousal support.
Marriage Pluralism, Family Law Jurisdiction, And Sex Equality In The United States,
2012
Boston University School of Law
Marriage Pluralism, Family Law Jurisdiction, And Sex Equality In The United States, Linda C. Mcclain
Faculty Scholarship
In many regions of the world, rights guaranteed under the civil law, including rights to gender equality within marriage and rights in the distribution of family property and child custody upon divorce, are in conflict with the principles of religious law. Women's rights issues are often at the heart of these tensions, which present pressing challenges for theorists, lawyers, and policymakers. This anthology brings together leading scholars and activists doing innovative work in Jewish law, Muslim law, Christian law, and African customary law. Using examples drawn from a variety of nations and religions, they interrogate the utility of recent theoretical …
Commentary On Marriage Grants: Article Iii & Same-Sex Marriage,
2012
William & Mary Law School
Commentary On Marriage Grants: Article Iii & Same-Sex Marriage, Neal Devins, Tara Leigh Grove
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
The Case For Reforming The Program's Spouse Benefits While "Saving Social Security",
2012
Cornell Law School
The Case For Reforming The Program's Spouse Benefits While "Saving Social Security", Peter W. Martin
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
The Social Security Act currently provides secondary benefits to the wives or widows of covered workers who retire, become disabled, or die. To qualify, a woman must have been married to the worker for a short period and must be old (sixty-two, dropping to sixty in the case of a widow, fifty in the case of a disabled widow) or caring for children under sixteen. If a wife’s or widow’s primary retired-worker or disability benefits equal or exceed her secondary benefit entitlement, she receives only the primary benefits. However, if her secondary benefit amount is greater she receives both her …
Beyond Law Enforcement: Camreta V. Greene, Child Protection Investigations, And The Need To Reform The Fourth Amendment Special Needs Doctrine,
2012
University of South Carolina
Beyond Law Enforcement: Camreta V. Greene, Child Protection Investigations, And The Need To Reform The Fourth Amendment Special Needs Doctrine, Josh Gupta-Kagan
Faculty Publications
The Fourth Amendment “special needs” doctrine distinguishes between searches and seizures that serve the “normal need for law enforcement” and those that serve some other “special need,” excusing non-law enforcement searches and seizures from the warrant and probable cause requirements. The Supreme Court has never justified drawing this bright line exclusively around law enforcement searches and seizures but not those that threaten important non-criminal constitutional rights.
Child protection investigations illustrate the problem: Millions of times each year, state child protection authorities search families’ homes, and seize children for interviews about alleged maltreatment. Only a minority of these investigations involve an …
Domestic Relations,
2012
Mercer University School of Law
Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough, Elinor H. Hitt
Mercer Law Review
This Article addresses significant case law and statutory changes that arose during the survey period.2 Legislation passed by the Georgia General Assembly in 2011 regarding the appellate procedure and in 2012 regarding grandparent visitation rights took effect, and the Georgia Supreme Court continued to accept nonfrivolous appeals in divorce cases, providing guidance regarding domestic relations law.
Guidelines For Child Protection Mediation,
2012
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
Guidelines For Child Protection Mediation, Kelly Browe Olson Co-Editor
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
What About The Children: How Children Of Same-Sex Couples Are Left Without State-Run Support,
2012
St. Mary's University
What About The Children: How Children Of Same-Sex Couples Are Left Without State-Run Support, Ann Kathryn Watson
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
States should enact legislation affording same-sex partners the same rights and responsibilities to their children as opposite-sex partners. Although federal law mandates specific duties owed to the child, the language is silent about whether it applies to same-sex partners. Moreover, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. Some states—namely Texas—have passed their own version of DOMA. These states have subsequently denied same-sex partners the same rights granted to opposite-sex partners—such as conservatorship, visitation, and child support. Same-sex partners have used DOMA as a legal strategy to either avoid …
Singing Songs In A Strange Land: The Plight Of Haitian Children In The Space Of International Adoption.,
2012
St. Mary's University
Singing Songs In A Strange Land: The Plight Of Haitian Children In The Space Of International Adoption., Glenys P. Spence
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
The best interests of children are not served by severing the familial bonds contemplated by international adoption law. Nonetheless, because of the high costs of the international adoption process, efforts to adopt their Haitian orphan relatives are ignored. In attempts to guarantee the “best interests of the child” are met, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children Co-Operative Respect of Intercountry Adoptions (Adoption Convention) were created as the two governing bodies of international adoption law. Global South countries, including Haiti, however, have not ratified the Adoption Convention. …
The Age Of Marital Capacity: Reconsidering Civil Recognition Of Adolescent Marriage,
2012
William & Mary Law School
The Age Of Marital Capacity: Reconsidering Civil Recognition Of Adolescent Marriage, Vivian E. Hamilton
Faculty Publications
Age at marriage has for decades been the strongest and most unequivocal predictor of marital failure. The likelihood of divorce nears eighty percent for those who marry in mid-adolescence, then drops steadily. Delaying marriage until the mid-twenties reduces one’s likelihood of divorce to thirty percent. Women who marry at age twenty-one or younger, moreover – and one in ten U.S. women do – experience worse mental and physical health, attain less education, and earn lower wages than those who marry later. Post-divorce, they and their children tend to endure even greater economic deprivation and instability than do never-married mothers, who …
The Best Interest Of The Child And The Law ,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Best Interest Of The Child And The Law , Christian Reichel Van Deusen
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Constitutional Right To Safe Foster Care - Time For The Supreme Court To Pay Its I.O.U.,
2012
Pepperdine University
A Constitutional Right To Safe Foster Care - Time For The Supreme Court To Pay Its I.O.U., Daniel L. Skoler
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Best Interests Of The Child: By Whose Definition? ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Best Interests Of The Child: By Whose Definition? , Harvey R. Sorkow
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment , Paul A. Monopoli
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Child's Right To Be Heard And Represented In Judicial Proceedings ,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Child's Right To Be Heard And Represented In Judicial Proceedings , Howard A. Davidson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
