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By Barbara Glesner Fines, Robert E. Oliphant, and Nancy Ver Steegh (William Mitchell College of Law).

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 15:18:00

McElroy: "Sex on the Brain: Adolescent Psychosocial Science and Sanctions for Risky Sex"

Posted on April 01, 2011
Lisa McElroy (Dresel Univ. School of Law) has posted "Sex on the Brain: Adolescent Psychosocial Science and Sanctions for Risky Sex" (forthcoming NYU Rev. of Law & Social Change) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The increased rates of sexually...

Embryo Orphans

Posted on April 01, 2011
From the Vancouver Sun: Tens of thousands of human embryos hang in cold storage in Canada?s fertility clinics, an unknown number of which are ?orphans.? Increasingly, however, clinics are preparing to match these embryos ? which could survive for decades...

Divorce & Children with Special Needs

Posted on March 31, 2011
The Huffington Post recently ran an interesting piece on divorce's impact on children with special needs. Read it here. MR

Kelly: "Transforming Law's Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Families"

Posted on March 31, 2011
Fiona Kelly (University of British Columbia Faculty of Law) has posted "Transforming Law's Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Families" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Lesbian families with children are greater in number and more visible today than...

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Hendricks, Burkstrand-Reid & Carbone: "Teaching Controversial Topics"

Posted on March 30, 2011
Jennifer Hendricks (Univ. of Tenn. College of Law), Beth Burkstrand-Reid (Univ. of Nebraska College of Law) & June Carbone (UMKC School of Law) have posted "Teaching Controversial Topics" (49 Fam. Ct. Rev. (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This....

New Data on Families in Scotland

Posted on March 30, 2011
From BBC News Scotland: Divorces in Scotland have fallen to their lowest rate for 30 years, according to new data published by the registrar general. The figures showed there were 9,893 divorces in 2009. The last time the figure was...

Bettinger-Lopez: "Gender Justice and Human Rights: Revisiting the Links between Domestic Violence and Reproductive Rights Advocacy"

Posted on March 29, 2011
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez (Univ. of Miami School of Law) has posted "Gender Justice and Human Rights: Revisiting the Links between Domestic Violence and Reproductive Rights Advocacy" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Domestic violence and reproductive rights are often viewed as...

Hesitant Motherhood

Posted on March 29, 2011
From the Huffington Post: Author Rahna Reiko Rizzuto stopped by The View Friday morning to talk about her controversial memoir Hiroshima in the Morning, which details her decision to end her 20-year-marriage and leave her two young sons behind. "I...

Gupta-Kagan: "Filling the Due Process Donut Hole: Abuse and Neglect Cases between Disposition and Permanency"

Posted on March 29, 2011
Josh Gupta-Kagan has posted "Filling the Due Process Donut Hole: Abuse and Neglect Cases between Disposition and Permanency" (10 Conn. Pub. Int. L. J. 1 (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A state child protection agency removes a child...

"Education Bank"

Posted on March 28, 2011
An interesting idea was outlined recently in the Atlantic on education: Imagine a new type of financial institution, an "Education Bank," that is half-charity organization and half-bank. Like a charity, it would accept tax deductible donations. Like a bank, it...

Fewer International Adoptions in the United States

Posted on March 26, 2011
From the Telegraph: In 2004, American families adopted almost 23,000 children from around the world, but by 2010 that figure had more than halved to 11,058, according to US State Department figures. "We have stopped organising adoptions for overseas clients...

Divorce Good for You?

Posted on March 25, 2011
In The Atlantic, some interesting insights from a recent study: One of our longevity myths is "Get married, and you will live longer." The data tell a different story. Marriage was health-promoting primarily for men who were well-suited to marriage...

Saudi Women Driving Soon?

Posted on March 24, 2011
From Reuters: RIYADH, March 9 (Reuters) - A senior Saudi prince questioned the need for a ban on women driving on Wednesday and said lifting it would be a quick first step to reduce the Islamic kingdom's dependence on millions...

Caster: "Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Not Repeat the Errors of No-Fault Divorce"

Posted on March 23, 2011
Austin Caster has posted "Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Not Repeat the Errors of No-Fault Divorce" (38 West. S. L. Rev. 43 (2010)). Here is the abstract: Because so many negative ramifications resulted from changing marriage laws through no-fault divorce legislation,...

Cahn: "Old Lessons for a New World: Applying Adoption Research and Experience to Art"

Posted on March 23, 2011
Naomi Cahn (GWU School of Law) has posted "Old Lessons for a New World: Applying Adoption Research and Experience to Art" (24 J. Am. Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article suggests that knowledge...

Shelly Kreiczer-Levy has posted

Posted on March 23, 2011
Shelly Kreiczer-Levy has posted "The Riddle of Inheritance: Connecting Continuity and Property" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Popular intuitions, scholarly works and legal doctrines reveal an embedded tension in property legal theory between testamentary freedom and family protection...

"Three-year glitch"

Posted on March 23, 2011
From Yahoo! News: LONDON (Reuters) ? The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey. Weight gain, stinginess, toe-nail clippings on the bathroom...

April Conference from Foundation for Male Studies

Posted on March 22, 2011
Only 16 days away, The Foundation for Male Studies is holding their 2nd Conference on Male Studies: Looking Forward to Solutions, to be unveiled to participants at the New York Academy of Medicine as well as a growing conglomerate of...

Delayed Gratification Leads to Better Marriages

Posted on March 21, 2011
The Economist recently ran an article singing the virtues of abstinence: Their report, just published in the Journal of Family Psychology, suggests that people who delay having sex do indeed have better relationships, on four different measures (see table)...

Nassau: "How to Split the Tax Baby: What Would Solomom Do?"

Posted on March 20, 2011
Robert Nassau (Syracuse Univ. School of Law) has posted "How to Split the Tax Baby: What Would Solomon Do?" (61 Syracuse L. Rev. 83 (2010)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For as long as taxpayers have been able to...

Broken Promises To Marry

Posted on March 19, 2011
These cases have made news in Illinois recently. Now, no longer is it expensive only to divorce, but to break an engagement. From OnPoint: In a complaint filed last week, Serafin is not only suing Leighton under an Illinois law...

Blackberries Guilt Trip Mothers More Than Fathers

Posted on March 18, 2011
From CNN: (Health.com) -- Thanks to our Blackberries, iPhones, and iPads, the line between work and family time is getting blurrier. But a new study suggests that women feel 40% more distress than men when family life is frequently interrupted...

Carbone: "Neuroscience and Ideology: Why Science Can Never Supply a Complete Answer for Adolescent Immaturity"

Posted on March 18, 2011
June Carbone (UMKC School of Law) has posted "Neuroscience and Ideology: Why Science Can Never Supply a Complete Answer for Adolescent Immaturity" (LAW & NEUROSCIENCE, CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES, Chapter 13, Michael Freeman ed., Oxford University Press, 2010)...

Ice Cream Fit for a Newborn

Posted on March 17, 2011
Human breast milk is no longer reserved for the mother-child relationship--it is now available in ice cream. Read more here. MR

Fines: "Criminal Activities and Ethical Responsibilities"

Posted on March 17, 2011
Barbara Glesner Fines (UMKC School of Law) has posted "Criminal Activities and Ethical Responsibilities" (33 Family Advocate 4 (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article addresses the question of a lawyers professional responsibility when a seemingly simple domestic...

Fostering Beliefs vs. Fostering Children

Posted on March 16, 2011
From BBC News: Mr and Mrs Johns said they could not tell a child homosexuality was an acceptable lifestyle A Christian couple opposed to homosexuality have lost a battle over their right to become foster carers. Eunice and Owen Johns,...

Baker: "Homogenous Rules for Heterogeneous Families: The Standardization of Family Law When There is No Standard Family"

Posted on March 16, 2011
Katharine Baker (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law) has posted "Homogenous Rules for Heterogeneous Families: The Standardization of Family Law When There is No Standard Family" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The article explores the ironies involved in the contemporary...

Dating Dynamics

Posted on March 15, 2011
From the AtlanticWire: CNBC.com is not the likeliest forum for a debate about dating. But when the financial news site does broach the topic, it's probably the only place that discusses courtship in terms of "call options" and "unmet arbitrage...

Resource on Mortgages for Same-Sex Couples

Posted on March 15, 2011
"Housing & Mortgages for Gay & Lesbian Couples"

Fines: "Effectively Using Paralegals in a Family Law Practice"

Posted on March 15, 2011
Barbara Glesner Fines (UMKC School of Law) has posted "Effectively Using Paralegals in a Family Law Practice" (25 Am. J. of Family Law 1 (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Non-lawyer assistants are critical to a family law practice:...

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