Family Law Prof Blog
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Authored by Margaret Ryznar, Professor of Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Blog topics cover Abortion, Adoption, Alternative Reproduction, Annulment, Antenuptial (postnuptial) Contracts, Bankruptcy, Child Abuse, Custody (parenting plans), Divorce (grounds), Domestic Violence, Maintenance (alimony), Marriage (impediments), Property Division, and Termination of..
Family Law Prof Blog
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Robyn Powell (OU Law) has recently posted to SSRN her paper Disabled and Disenfrancised: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom and Democracy Post-Dobbs, forthcoming Cardozo Law Review. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has thrust abortion onto ballots nationwide, transforming ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
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Clare Ryan (University of Alabama School of Law) has recently posted to SSRN her paper The Public/Private Home, forthcoming Cornell Law Review. Here is the abstract: Families today are more private and more public than traditional family law doctrine ever ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
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Maryam Franzella (Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law) has recently posted to SSRN her paper State of the Student: Prioritizing Parental Discretion in School Absence, forthcoming N.Y.U. Journal of Legislation and Public Policy (2025). Here is the ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
4d ago
Victoria Talwar (McGill University) et al. have recently posted to SSRN their paper Urgent Issues and Prospects on Investigative Interviews with Children and Adolescents, Legal & Criminological Psychology. Here is the abstract: While there has been considerable research on investigative ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
5d ago
Roxana Gutierrez-Romero (Queen Mary University of London) has recently posted to SSRN her paper Femicide Laws, Unilateral Divorce, and Abortion Decriminalization Fail to Stop Women's Killings in Mexico. Here is the abstract: This paper evaluates the effectiveness of femicide laws ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
6d ago
Esther Hong (Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law) has recently posted to SSRN her paper Prosecutors and the Child Wellbeing Framework, University of Chicago Law Review Online. Here is the abstract: The guiding principle of ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
1w ago
From FindLaw: “Soulmates.” “Till death do us part.” “I want to grow old together.” Society often presents love stories as linear journeys culminating in the ultimate goal of finding "the one" and living happily ever after. Reality is more complicated ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
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From WLLP News: The Senate on Thursday gave initial approval to legislation aimed at simplifying child custody jurisdiction laws to make an “easier and more streamlined process” for interstate custody disputes, but process concerns disrupted leadership’s plans before the bill ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
1w ago
From NBC News: Same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in 2015. So why are California voters voting whether to recognize marriages regardless of race and sex this November? Proposition 3 would not actually change who is allowed to get married in ..read more
Family Law Prof Blog
1w ago
From the Colorado Department of Human Services: The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) celebrates a new state law that provides more resources for kinship caregivers of children in child welfare cases. The Kinship Foster Care Homes law increases support ..read more