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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

Baker: "Trifling Violence: The U.S. Supreme Court, Domestic Violence and the Golden Rule"

Posted on February 07, 2011
Jeffrey Baker (Faulkner Univ. Jones School of Law) has posted "Trifling Violence: The U.S. Supreme Court, Domestic Violence and the Golden Rule" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Domestic violence is ubiquitous across eras, cultures, religions and political systems...

Marrying for Tuition Money

Posted on February 07, 2011
From the New York Times: Students worldwide compete to attend the University of California, Berkeley, considered one of the best universities in the United States. But economically, in-state students have a huge advantage over non-Californians, for whom tuition costs an...

My Condolences, Er, Congratulations

Posted on February 05, 2011
There has been an increase in wedding ceremonies at funeral homes. From Time: Saying your vows alongside the recently deceased receiving their last rites? It's not as unusual as you might think. In an attempt to branch out (and stay...

Opium-Addicted Infants in Afghanistan

Posted on February 04, 2011
From CNN.com: Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In a far flung corner of northern Afghanistan, Aziza reaches into the dark wooden cupboard, rummages around, and pulls out a small lump of something wrapped in plastic. She unwraps it, breaking off a...

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CA Fertility Ruling

Posted on February 03, 2011
From the Globe and Mail: A long-awaited Supreme Court ruling that takes the business of regulating the clinical world of baby-making out of Ottawa?s hands has raised questions about the future of fertility treatments in Canada, and fears that the...

Nanny-Sharing Among Couples

Posted on February 02, 2011
From the Chicago Tribune: Nanny sharing, considered rare five years ago, has become a popular option for parents in the Chicago area. At Chicago Nannies Inc., a placement agency with offices in Oak Park and Lincoln Park, two of every...

A Nurse-In

Posted on February 01, 2011
From AOL News: Canada is up in arms about breast-feeding and whether it's really OK to do it in public. And with the help of blogs and Facebook, angry moms are taking it to the streets -- or to the...

Vroey & Sonobe: "Why Do Educated Mothers Matter? A Model of Parental Help"

Posted on February 01, 2011
Michel De Vroey (Catholic University of Louvain) & Tetsushi Sonobe have posted "Why Do Educated Mothers Matter? A Model of Parental Help" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper investigates the role performed by mothers in affecting their childrens'...

CA Family Leave Program

Posted on January 31, 2011
From DailyBreeze.com: California's landmark family leave program didn't turn out to be the costly "job-killer" that businesses initially feared and has produced significant economic, social and health benefits for both male and female workers, economic and labor researchers found in...

Ratner: "Creditor and Debtor Windfalls from Divorce"

Posted on January 31, 2011
James Ratner (Univ. of Arizona College of Law) has posted "Creditor and Debtor Windfalls from Divorce" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: At the end of a marriage, marital debt must be allocated. Under most marital property regimes, a divorce...

Wells Conference on Adoption Law

Posted on January 30, 2011
Seventh Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law Thursday, March 17, 2011 Maintaining a Family: Post Adoption Challenges for Families Join us at this year?s Wells Conference, Thurs., March 17, to hear from nationally-recognized professors and practitioners on such timely issues...

China's One Child Policy Challenged by Professor

Posted on January 29, 2011
From Culture Clash Daily: December, 21st 2009 should have been one of the happiest days of Assistant Professor Yang Zhizhu life as his second child, Yang Ruonan, was born. Instead it set off a chain of events where he would...

UK Progress on Premarital Agreements

Posted on January 28, 2011
From LegalWeek.com: Leading UK family lawyers have called for greater clarity as the Law Commission carries out a review likely to usher in legally binding pre-nuptial agreements. Partners are broadly in favour of the review, which could lead to the....

E-Divorce?

Posted on January 28, 2011
Apparently it is the new rage in Australia: Australian couples seeking divorce are now increasingly doing it through the Internet, with more than 250 people using an online service in almost 18 months. The Federal Magistrates Court introduced its "e-filing"...

Larson: "Naming Baby: Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights"

Posted on January 28, 2011
Carlton Larson (UC Davis School of Law) has posted "Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of parents? rights to name their own children...

Uniform Family Laws in KY

Posted on January 27, 2011
From WFPL News: The Kentucky Supreme Court has adopted uniform rules for all family courts in the Commonwealth. The new rules, which went into effect January 1, apply to all family law cases, including divorce, domestic violence, child support, custody,...

Fraidin: "Stories Told and Untold: Confidentiality Laws and the Master Narrative of Child Welfare"

Posted on January 26, 2011
Matthew Fraidin (Georgetown University School of Law) has posted "Stories Told and Untold: Confidentiality Laws and the Master Narrative of Child Welfare" (63 Maine L. Rev. 1 (2010)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In most states, child welfare hearings...

Shmueli & Blecher: "Privacy for Children"

Posted on January 26, 2011
Benjamin Shmueli (Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law) & Ayelet Blecher (Sha'arey Mishpat Law College) have posted "Privacy for Children" (42 Columbia Human Rights L. Rev. (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: There is growing concern over childrens privacy in...

To Live Together, or Not To Live Together

Posted on January 26, 2011
From the Huffington Post: For first marriages, people who cohabitate prior to marriage results in less positive interactions and more conflict when compared to people who do not cohabitate. However, people who cohabitate after becoming engaged look more similar to...

xoxoxo

Posted on January 25, 2011
From the BBC: A team from the University of North Carolina studied the effects of hugging on both partners in 38 couples. The study showed hugs increased levels of oxytocin, a "bonding" hormone, and reduced blood pressure - which cuts...

1 High School, 90 Pregnancies

Posted on January 24, 2011
One high school in Memphis is dealing with 90 of its students' pregnancies. Read about it here. MR

Margalit: "To Be or Not to Be (a Parent)? - Not Precisely the Question; the Frozen Embryo Dispute"

Posted on January 24, 2011
Yehezkel Margalit (Bar Ilan University) has posted "To Be or Not to Be (a Parent)? ? Not Precisely the Question; The Frozen Embryo Dispute" on SSRN. Here is the abtract: Modern medicine offers us a variety of fertility treatments. One...

Sex and Neuroses

Posted on January 23, 2011
From the Seattle Times on how to improve marriage to a neurotic partner: Frequent sex could ease tensions in relationships where at least one partner is neurotic, a new study suggests. Surveys of 72 newlywed couples in Ohio over the...

A Pregnant Woman Enters a Bar...

Posted on January 22, 2011
From the Chicago Tribune: Michelle Lee was catching up with friends at a nightspot near her parents' home when a bouncer pulled her aside. "Can I ask you a personal question?" Lee recalled him asking. "Are you pregnant?" She responded...

IL Civil Unions & Planning

Posted on January 21, 2011
The Illinois Bar Journal recently had a piece about estate-planning and the other implications of civil unions there. Read it here. MR

Triplets Born Eleven Years Apart

Posted on January 21, 2011
From ABC News: Ryleigh Shepherd was conceived in 1998, the same year as her 11-year-old twin sisters, but she wasn't born until 2010. The three girls from Walsall, in Great Britain, who were born more than a decade apart in...

A NYT Wedding Announcement Gone Wrong

Posted on January 20, 2011
From MailOnline: A jilted husband has savaged his cheating ex wife after she bragged about her infidelity in the wedding section of the New York Times. ... 'You could easily try to brush this off as... a self-serving act by...

Mandelbaum: "Delicate Balances: Assessing the Needs and Rights of Siblings in Foster Care to Maintain Their Relationships Post-Adoption"

Posted on January 20, 2011
Randi Mandelbaum (Rutgers School of Law - Newark) has posted "Delicate Balances: Assessing the Needs and Rights of Siblings in Foster Care to Maintain Their Relationships Post-Adoption" (41 New Mexico L. Rev. 1) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Over...

Gete & Porchia: "Fertility and Consumption When Having a Child is a Risky Investment"

Posted on January 20, 2011
Pedro Gete (Georgetown Univ.; IE Business School) and Paola Porchia (IE Business School) have posted "Fertility and Consumption When Having a Child is a Risky Investment" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this paper we study a new factor...

Effects of Tears

Posted on January 19, 2011
From the Washington Post: It's widely held that a woman's tears will turn a man to mush. And many think that sympathetic response is a sign of sensitivity, a psychological shift away from baser male impulses. But new research suggests...

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