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Family Law Current Affairs Baker: "The Failure and Promise of Equity in Domestic Abuse Cases" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761286402970b 2012-01-27T01:20:21-05:00 2012-01-27T06:20:21Z 2012-01-27T06:20:21Z Jeffrey Baker (Faulkner Univ. Jones School of Law) has posted "The Failure and Promise of Equity in Domestic Abuse Cases" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In a generation, American law has experienced dramatic reforms in response to domestic abuse.... Family Law Scholarship, Family Law Divorce Linked to Earlier Death, Like Cigarettes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbd33c6970d 2012-01-26T05:11:00-05:00 2012-01-26T10:11:00Z 2012-01-26T10:11:00Z From MSN: Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all? Er, maybe not. A new study entitled "Divorce and Death" appearing "Psychological Science" shows that broken marriages can kill at the same rate as smoking cigarettes. Indications... Family Law Current Affairs Electronic Bracelets for Weight Control tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbd1fe8970d 2012-01-25T04:00:00-05:00 2012-01-25T09:00:00Z 2012-01-25T09:00:00Z From the New York Post: A group of Long Island students will soon be wearing controversial electronic monitors that allow school officials to track their physical activity around the clock. The athletics chair for the Bay Shore schools ordered 10... Family Law Current Affairs Seductive Damages in Zimbabwe tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff9f8a19970d 2012-01-24T03:59:00-05:00 2012-01-24T08:59:00Z 2012-01-24T08:59:00Z From the metro zimbabwe: Zimmetro — A woman whose married lover lied to her that he was single is claiming US$2 000 in what she calls seductive damages. Eustina Marikiti has taken former boyfriend Moses Crater to the Harare Civil... Family Law Current Affairs British Courts on Adoption of Baby Resulting from Affair tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0154390aaf6e970c 2012-01-23T06:44:00-05:00 2012-01-23T11:44:00Z 2012-01-23T11:44:00Z From the Independent: A Muslim man who had a baby with an unmarried woman has been told that his daughter must remain with an adopted family because there is too great a risk that his love child could become the... Family Law Adoption Proposal Planners tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5b2deca970c 2012-01-21T03:53:00-05:00 2012-01-21T08:53:00Z 2012-01-21T08:53:00Z From the Daily Mail: We're all familiar with how wedding planners can navigate us around the tricky maze of getting married. But now a new industry has emerged, for helping men pop the question in the first place. Proposal planners... Family Law Current Affairs CA Family Law Changes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676027a6e2970b 2012-01-20T04:52:00-05:00 2012-01-20T09:52:00Z 2012-01-20T09:52:00Z From PR Web: Major changes in California’s divorce law are expected in 2012 per changes to California Family Law Code 3042. The changes are a result of the Elkins Family Law Task Force’s final report and recommendations from April 2010.... Family Law Current Affairs Child Custody Battle under Indian Child Welfare Act tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff333f5d970d 2012-01-19T04:19:00-05:00 2012-01-19T09:19:00Z 2012-01-19T09:19:00Z From WLTX.com: Lowcountry couple with a Midlands connection is working to get back the little girl they adopted two years ago, after a judge granted custody to the biological father under the Indian Child Welfare Act. "I'll always remember her... Family Law Adoption Facebook Stalking in Family Law...Again tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e528c266970c 2012-01-18T06:09:00-05:00 2012-01-18T11:09:00Z 2012-01-18T11:09:00Z From the London Telegraph: The popularity of social networking websites has seen an increase in breaches of guidelines against unplanned contact with hundreds of adopted children unexpectedly hearing from their natural families. In the worst cases, some young people taken... Family Law Adoption Current Affairs CO Divorce Waiting Period Proposed tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff330607970d 2012-01-17T04:02:00-05:00 2012-01-17T09:02:00Z 2012-01-17T09:02:00Z From the Denverpost.com: A state lawmaker who wants to make it more difficult for parents to divorce said he initially had no idea that legislators a decade ago killed a similar proposal dubbed the "Dr. Laura" bill. Sen. Kevin Lundberg,... Family Law Divorce (grounds) In Malaysian News... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676027b837970b 2012-01-16T05:59:00-05:00 2012-01-16T10:59:00Z 2012-01-16T10:59:00Z From the StarOnline: A TRAINING manager in Kuala Lumpur was fined RM500 by the Syariah Court for divorcing his wife inside a car on his birthday three years ago, reported Harian Metro. Hasbullah Hashim, 53, was charged under Section 124... Family Law Divorce (grounds) Modern Common Law Marriage tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e528a1ef970c 2012-01-14T05:55:00-05:00 2012-01-14T10:55:00Z 2012-01-14T10:55:00Z From the Huffington Post: When live-in lovers decide to call it quits, the parties' relationship is not always severed by a simple division of their furniture. If romantic partners have been cohabitating for a lengthy period of time and have... Family Law Marriage (impediments) Wedding Dress Theft tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167606b56d3970b 2012-01-13T04:35:00-05:00 2012-01-13T09:35:00Z 2012-01-13T09:35:00Z From kjrh.com: TULSA - Up to $70,000 worth of merchandise is stolen from a bridal shop in South Tulsa. Police believe the job was professionally done. Bridal Palace was broken into early Tuesday morning. Thieves cut out the glass on... Family Law Current Affairs Divorce Bestsellers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef015438194ca4970c 2012-01-12T04:26:00-05:00 2012-01-12T09:26:00Z 2012-01-12T09:26:00Z The Huffington Post has a list of bestselling movies/books with a divorce featured in the plot. Read it here. MR Family Law Current Affairs Indians Turning to Surrogacy Too? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675eb9d75c970b 2012-01-11T04:50:00-05:00 2012-01-11T09:50:00Z 2012-01-11T09:50:00Z Are Indians turning to surrogacy themselves after becoming an international fertility tourist destination? From IBNLive: New Delhi: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao are among the first celebrities to talk about it openly, but how many Indians are turning to surrogacy?... Family Law Alternative Reproduction British "HP Divorces" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0154390ac4eb970c 2012-01-10T06:51:00-05:00 2012-01-10T11:51:00Z 2012-01-10T11:51:00Z From the UK Financial Times: People have long spread the pain of buying fridges, televisions and cars by paying in instalments. Now, many are bringing the same principle to the cost of divorce. The number of cases ending in staggered... Family Law Divorce (grounds) Cahn's Review of Hartog's "Someday All This Will be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167603705bf970b 2012-01-09T04:14:00-05:00 2012-01-09T09:14:00Z 2012-01-09T09:14:00Z Over at Concurring Opinions, Naomi Cahn of George Washington University Law School recently reviewed Hendrik Hartog's "Someday All This Will be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age" (Harvard University Press 2012). Cahn wrote: The book touches upon family... Family Law Scholarship, Family Law Levi: "Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples: Where We Are and Where We Are Going" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff217be4970d 2012-01-08T15:23:00-05:00 2012-01-08T20:23:00Z 2012-01-08T20:23:00Z Jennifer Levi (Western New England Univ. School of Law) has posted "Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples: Where We Are and Where We Are Going" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The legal landscape for same-sex couples seeking to marry has... Family Law Scholarship, Family Law