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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

Redding: "Dignity, Legal Pluralism, and Same-Sex Marriage"

Posted on May 28, 2010
Jeff Redding (Saint Louis University School of Law) has posted "Dignity, Legal Pluralism, and Same-Sex Marriage" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article aims to contribute to the radical re-thinking of family law that is on-going in the contemporary...

Paternal Postpartum Depression

Posted on May 27, 2010
From WSJ: It's not just new moms who get postpartum depression. More than one in 10 fathers become depressed after the birth of their child, too, according to a new study that researchers said underscores the need for more awareness...

Martiny: "Is Unification of Family Law Feasible or Even Desirable?"

Posted on May 27, 2010
Dieter Martiny has posted "Is Unification of Family Law Feasible or Even Desirable?" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A few decades ago the term ?European family law? sounded a little bit artificial or even strange. Today there is a...

Titshaw: ?The Meaning of Marriage: Immigration Rules and Their Implications for Same-Sex Spouses in a World Without DOMA?

Posted on May 26, 2010
Scott Titshaw (Mercer University School of Law) has posted The Meaning of Marriage: Immigration Rules and Their Implications for Same-Sex Spouses in a World Without DOMA, 16 William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, 537 (2010) on SSRN....

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Call for Papers: Family Law/Children & the Law Junior Faculty Workshop

Posted on May 26, 2010
The William & Mary School of Law is sponsoring a workshop for junior scholars working on legal issues related to children and families. The workshop will be held this summer on the campus of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia....

Egg Donation Ads in College Newspapers

Posted on May 25, 2010
From The New York Times: ? Dr. Aaron Levine, an assistant professor of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, examined more than 100 egg donation ads from 63 college newspapers. He found that a quarter of them offered...

Ryznar: "International Commercial Surrogacy and its Parties"

Posted on May 25, 2010
Margaret Ryznar has posted "International Commercial Surrogacy and its Parties" (forthcoming John Marshall Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: When discussing international commercial surrogacy, it is essential to remember that at the heart of this market are women...

Carroll: ?Reviving Proxy Marriage?

Posted on May 24, 2010
Andrea Beauchamp Carroll (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge) has posted Reviving Proxy Marriage, Brooklyn Law Review (forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Marriage is merely a contract. It creates myriad rights and responsibilities - essentially conferring a status -...

Gauging Divorce Risk

Posted on May 24, 2010
Interesting list of 15 "predictors" of divorce in The Daily Beast. Here's a sample: 2. If you live in a red state, you're 27 percent more likely to get divorced than if you live in a blue state. Maybe that's...

Jacoby: "Credit for Motherhood"

Posted on May 23, 2010
Melissa Jacoby (UNC at Chapel Hill) has posted "Credit for Motherhood" (forthcoming North Carolina Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Prepared for a symposium on Globalization, Families and the State, this essay builds on prior work exploring the...

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to...

Posted on May 22, 2010
I would not want to be anywhere within earshot of this competition, which must support the theory of cultural relativism in the understanding of child abuse/neglect: From Telegraph.co.uk: Eager mothers bring the babies to the event where Sumo wrestlers and...

Mother-in-Law Jokes Protected Speech

Posted on May 21, 2010
To the chagrin of many mother-in-laws, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that the First Amendment protects mother-in-law jokes: From AP: LOS ANGELES ? A standup comedian who was sued for making mother-in-law jokes has had the last...

What's Better than Sex?

Posted on May 21, 2010
According to a new study, IVF! Having sex to conceive a child will become unnecessary within a decade, as in-vitro fertilization becomes more popular among 30-somethings, scientists predicted Monday. Calling human natural reproduction "a fairly inefficient process," Australian veterinarian John...

Infertility Knows No Gender

Posted on May 20, 2010
New reports suggest that male infertility is becoming a significant problem: From MailOnline: Reports claim that as many as one in five healthy young men between the ages of 18 and 25 produce abnormal sperm counts. Only 5 to 15...

Cohen: "Well, What About the Children? Best Interests Reasoning, the New Eugenics, and the Regulation of Reproduction"

Posted on May 20, 2010
Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law School) has posted "Well, What About the Children? Best Interests Reasoning, the New Eugenics, and the Regulation of Reproduction" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Should the state permit anonymous sperm donation? Should brother-sister incest between...

Travis: "What a Difference a Day Makes, or Does It? Work/Family Balance and the Four-Day Work Week"

Posted on May 19, 2010
Michelle A. Travis (University of San Francisco--School of Law) has posted What a Difference a Day Makes, or Does It? Work/Family Balance and the Four-Day Work Week, 42 Connecticut Law Review__ (2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article...

The Phone Company as Exposer of Adultery

Posted on May 19, 2010
This story makes me laugh: A Toronto woman is suing Rogers Wireless Inc. for ruining her marriage. Gabrielle Nagy, who subscribed to Rogers wireless services, requested her billing be addressed to her family home under her maiden name. When her...

Stance on Pork Costs Foster Placement

Posted on May 18, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun: A company that denied a Baltimore woman the chance to become a foster mother after discovering she doesn't allow pork in her home defended its decision in a state-ordered corrective action plan, saying the woman lacks...

Supreme Court Rules in International Child Custody Case

Posted on May 18, 2010
From the Associated Press: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Texas mother illegally moved her son from Chile to the United States during a custody dispute with the boy's British father in the first test of the boundaries of...

Appell: ?Reflections on the Movement Toward a More Child-Centered Adoption?

Posted on May 17, 2010
Annette Ruth Appell (Washington University School of Law in St. Louis) has posted Reflections on the Movement Toward a More Child-Centered Adoption, Western New England Law Review (forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article reflects on a quiet...

The Accuracy of Divorce Statistics

Posted on May 17, 2010
From an interesting Time magazine piece on the reliability of divorce statistics: Do half of all marriages really end in divorce? It's probably the most often quoted statistic about modern love, and it's a total buzz kill, in line with...

Italy Embraces Divorce with a Fair!

Posted on May 16, 2010
From the New York Times: The exhibitors at what was billed as Italy?s first divorce trade fair, held here over the weekend, were a predictable mishmash of lawyers, real estate agents, divorce planners, paternity testing centers and dating agencies. No...

Who Wants a Pony When She Can Have Baby?s First Office Cubicle?

Posted on May 15, 2010
Adam Frucci at Gizmodo.com, in referring to a new office-cubicle-like computer toy for toddlers, asks: ?Baby?s First Cubicle: The Most Depressing Toy Ever?? Check it out here and see for yourself. Commentators on the site also uploaded a ?Girls Only:...

Parental Alienation Acknowledged in NJ

Posted on May 14, 2010
A New Jersey court of appeals recently ruled that, in extreme situations of parental alienation, parents could sue each other for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Read the case here and news commentary here. MR

Blame it on the Genes

Posted on May 14, 2010
New research is helping to flesh out whether there might be genetic and biological factors at play in influencing marital stability: Why do some men and women cheat on their partners while others resist the temptation? To find the answer,...

Appell: ?Controlling for Kin: Ghosts in the Postmodern Family?

Posted on May 13, 2010
Annette Ruth Appell (Washington University School of Law in St. Louis) has posted Controlling for Kin: Ghosts in the Postmodern Family, 25 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal__(2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article illustrates a paradox in the regulation...

A Male Birth Control Pill?

Posted on May 13, 2010
According to this CNN story, it is still "5 to 10 years away . . .": "The joke in the field is: The male pill's been five to 10 years away for the last 30 years," said Dr. John Amory,...

Beautiful Women Unhealthy for Men?

Posted on May 12, 2010
A new study suggests that men get stressed around beautiful women because of a perceived courtship opportunity. The increased levels of cortisol?the body?s stress hormone?just after 5 minutes of being around a beautiful woman can worsen medical conditions such as...

Polikoff: "A Mother Should Not Have to Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws for Children of Lesbian Couples in the Twenty-First Century"

Posted on May 12, 2010
Nancy Polikoff (American University Washington College of Law) has posted "A Mother Should Not Have to Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws for Children of Lesbian Couples in the Twenty-First Century" (Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties) on...

Carroll: ?Re-Regulating the Baby Market: A Call for a Ban on Payment of Birth Mother Living Expenses?

Posted on May 11, 2010
Andrea Beauchamp Carroll (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge) has posted Re-Regulating the Baby Market: A Call for a Ban on Payment of Birth Mother Living Expenses, Kansas Law Review (forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: More than fifty years...

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