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Family law issues explored by law professors.
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

Maldonado: "Illegitimate Harm: Law, Stigma, and Discrimination against Nonmarital Children"

Posted on March 15, 2011
Solangel Maldonado (Seton Hall Univ. School of Law) has posted "Illegitimate Harm: Law, Stigma, and Discrimination against Nonmarital Children" (63 Fl. L. Rev. 345 (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: No one would dispute that for most of U.S....

Baby Gender Selection in the UK

Posted on March 14, 2011
From MailOnline: A leading NHS fertility doctor is making money by sending couples abroad to choose the sex of their unborn baby ? a procedure that is illegal in Britain. Gynaecologist Charles Kingsland, clinical director of Britain?s largest NHS fertility...

Bill on Equal Time Presumption Dies in SD Senate

Posted on March 13, 2011
SD Senate kills joint custody bill: The South Dakota Senate rejected a measure Tuesday to encourage more divorced parents to equally share custody of their children, despite months of campaigning by a political action group established to get such a....

Beauty & the Beast

Posted on March 12, 2011
A new study suggests that relationships wherein the woman is more attractive than the man are doomed, but not wherein the man is more attractive than the woman. Read about the study here. MR

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Work-Spouses

Posted on March 11, 2011
The concept of work-spouses has seem to become established--is it a form of cheating? From CNN: Forty-five-year-old Patty Lewis and 37-year-old Tom Brister know a thing or two about this. The technology consultants each have their own legally married spouses,...

Wiretapping Teddy Bear Leads to Huge Fine

Posted on March 11, 2011
From arstechnica.com: Digital recording tools are so cheap and simple to use that it's easy to deploy them without thinking through the consequences. A Nebraska mother and grandfather found this out the hard way last month when they were hit...

Family Law Firm, Just for Male Clients

Posted on March 10, 2011
From Florida Wires: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ask lawyer Kenny Leigh if he would ever represent a female client and he'll say no. He'll also tell you he's not sexist but railing against a Family Court system that is unfair to...

Higher Divorce Rate for Military Women

Posted on March 10, 2011
From the AP: For women in the military, there's a cold, hard reality: Their marriages are more than twice as likely to end in divorce as those of their male comrades ? and up to three times as likely for...

Rastamouse--Bad Influence on Children?

Posted on March 09, 2011
From the Daily Caller: Rastamouse, a reggae-singing, crime-solving rat puppet, has become a big hit with Britain?s children. But according to some parents and activists, the BBC character is a bad influence on the nation?s youth. ... The rodent has...

Same Sex Marriage Debate Heats Up in Maryland Legislature

Posted on March 09, 2011
From the Baltimore Sun: On the day before the House of Delegates was expected to begin debate on same-sex marriage, lawmakers received a letter from six gay colleagues. "Vote yes because you know it is the right thing to do,"...

Data Mining & Dating

Posted on March 08, 2011
Stewart Baker over at the Volokh Conspiracy had an interesting post about data mining and dating, based on work done by OK Cupid. The gist of it is which questions to ask in order to get answers to the questions...

Weaver: "The Principle of Subsidiarity Applied: Reforming the Legal Framework to Capture the Psychological Abuse of Children"

Posted on March 08, 2011
Jessica Dixon Weaver (SMU School of Law) has posted "The Principle of Subsidiarity Applied: Reforming the Legal Framework to Capture the Psychological Abuse of Children" (forthcoming Va. J. of Social Policy & the Law) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:...

Bernhardt: "Marriage, Money, Notice and Presumptions"

Posted on March 08, 2011
Roger Bernhardt (Golden Gate Univ. School of Law) has posted "Marriage, Money, Notice, and Presumptions" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article functions as an intellectual checklist for navigating community property issues in divorce cases where title to the...

Under a Rock?

Posted on March 07, 2011
Kay Hymowitz recently caused a stir with her editorial "Where Have the Good Men Gone?" in the Wall Street Journal: Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a...

Symposium: Women in the Courts

Posted on March 06, 2011
TAKING STOCK: A SYMPOSIUM CELEBRATING THE NYS JUDICIAL COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE COURTS NYS STATE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE COURTS AND THE NYU REVIEW OF LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGEAPRIL 5, 2011 9:00 AM TO 4:45 PM NEW...

Three Seconds

Posted on March 05, 2011
From The Telegraph: Researchers at Dundee University's School of Psychology studied the post-competition embraces of Olympic athletes to reach the conclusion [that hugs last 3 seconds], which they say applies across countries and cultures. The findings confirm that a hug...

Georgetown Tax Law, Gender and Sexuality Conference, March 30

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law Presents A Symposium Confronting the Intersection of Tax Law, Gender and Sexuality Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Panel 1: Tax Law in the Context of Feminist Goals 9:00-9:30 Nancy Staudt, Primary Speaker, Class...

Francis, Mialon & Peng: "The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Laws on Public Health and Welfare"

Posted on March 04, 2011
Andrew M. Francis, Hugo M. Mialon & Handie Peng (Emory Univ. Dept. of Economics) have posted "The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Laws on Public Health and Welfare" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper analyzes the relationships among same-sex...

Altman: "The Pursuit of Intimacy and Parental Rights"

Posted on March 04, 2011
Scott Altman (USC School of Law) has posted "The Pursuit of Intimacy and Parental Rights" (The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor, ed., 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract. This paper explores whether parents? rights to live...

Friends Have Same Effect as Lovers?

Posted on March 03, 2011
The bonds of family are not unique? From Mail Online: For chaps who pride themselves on their wooing techniques, it is news guaranteed to wilt the self-esteem. Many modern women derive just as much satisfaction from a meal with the...

Dating Site Built from Public Facebook Profiles

Posted on March 02, 2011
From Wired: How does a unknown dating site, with the absurd intention of destroying Facebook, launch with 250,000 member profiles on the first day? Simple. You scrape data from Facebook. At least, that?s the approach taken by two provocateurs who...

Farra: "Theories of Discrimination & Gay Marriage"

Posted on March 02, 2011
Adam Farra (University of Maryland School of Law) has posted "Theories of Discrimination & Gay Marriage" (69 Maryland L. Rev. Endnotes 1 (2010)). Here is the abstract: America is embroiled in a culture war about gay marriage. This culture war...

Brinig: "Belonging and Trust: Divorce and Social Capital"

Posted on March 02, 2011
Margaret F. Brinig (Notre Dame Law School) has posted "Belonging and Trust: Divorce and Social Capital" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: To whom do spouses belong? Do they belong to their communities as well as each other and their...

Symposium: "The New "Illegitimacy: Revisiting Why Parentage Should Not Depend on Marriage"

Posted on March 02, 2011
Presented by the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights Friday, March 25, 2011 (9:00 AM ? 5:00 PM) Saturday, March 26, 2011 (9:30 AM ? NOON) American University Washington College of...

DOMA No Longer Defended

Posted on March 01, 2011
From the New York Law Journal: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that he had written to House Speaker John A. Boehner that the administration could no longer defend in court the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage...

Same-Sex Inheritance in NY

Posted on February 28, 2011
From the New York Law Journal: A state appeals court has cleared the way for a same-sex spouse to inherit the estate of his deceased partner. The Appellate Division, First Department, held yesterday in Matter of the Estate of H....

Slap on the Wrist for Warren Jeffs Follower

Posted on February 27, 2011
From ABC News: A follower of Warren Jeffs who admitted during the trial of the polygamist sect leader that he had sex with his child bride cousin will get off with just 30 days in jail as a result of...

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1

Posted on February 26, 2011
The Fordham Urban Law Journal has published several family law essays in its recent book on immigration policy. The entire issue is availabe here, and the family law pieces include: Evelyn H. Cruz: Because You?re Mine, I Walk The Line:...

An Envious Engagement?

Posted on February 25, 2011
Those eating their hearts out over Prince William's engagement can take some comfort: From BBC News: An artist has made a dream come true for many woman who want to feel like they are engaged to their Prince Charming. US...

Annitto: "Consent, Coercion, and Compassion: Crafting a Commonsense Approach to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors"

Posted on February 25, 2011
Megan Annitto (West Virginia Univ. College of Law) has posted "Consent, Coercion, and Compassion: Crafting a Commonsense Approach to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors" (forthcoming Yale Law & Policy Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Within 48 hours of...

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