Religion & Law

"High court upheld child custody rights of non-biological parent"
"High court upheld child custody rights of non-biological parent": The Virginian-Pilot provides a news update that begins, "The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a lower state court decision that grants some custody rights to the non-biological parent in a legal dispute between two women who jointly parented a child in a past lesbian relationship...

"Vermont Supreme Court hears reappeal of lesbian custody case"
"Vermont Supreme Court hears reappeal of lesbian custody case": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A Virginia woman asked the Vermont Supreme Court again Thursday to bar her former lesbian partner from visiting a 5-year-old girl born when the two were still together...

Non-biological "parent" of child in same-sex relationship found not be de facto custodian and biological parent did not waive her superiour right of custody and no claim of unfitness results in no standing to assert custody: PICKLESIMER v. MULLINS
PICKLESIMER V. MULLINS CIVIL PROCEDURE: Jurisdiction, venue, entry of apperance in custody issue FAMILY LAW: Non-biological "parent" of child in same-sex relationship found not be de facto custodian and biological parent did not waive her superiour right of custody and no claim of unfitness results in no standing to assert custody 2007-CA-000086 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING IN PART, REVERSING IN PART, AND REMANDING PANEL: WINE PRESIDING; CAPERTON, KELLER CONCUR GARRARD COUNTY DATE RENDERED: 3/28/2008 Affirming in part, reversing in part and remanding Garrard Circuit Court The facts of this dispiriting case will take some time to recite...

"Ore. court rejects medical costs claim on tobacco industry"
"Ore. court rejects medical costs claim on tobacco industry": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The same Oregon court that slapped Big Tobacco with a huge punitive damages award has handed the industry a victory by rejecting a class-action lawsuit for medical monitoring costs in a case where harm had yet to occur...

Delaware Court Rejects Per Se Rules for Financial Advisor Proxy Disclosures
We have recently distributed a memorandum entitled Delaware Court Rejects Per Se Rules for Financial Advisor Proxy Disclosures, which discusses the ruling of the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re BEA Systems Inc...

Vermont Supreme Court Hears Reappeal of Lesbian Custody Case
Vermont Supreme Court Hears Reappeal of Lesbian Custody Case

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

AIG Settles Injury Claim
for $18 Million

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Immigrant Sedation
US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody.

Sheriff Interfered With Custody Battle
Greene County to pay $85,000 settlement in trespassing lawsuit.

Recovery Claim
Florida Insurance Guarantee Association agrees to pay $14 million settlement to Home Solutions of America for construction services.