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626862http://www.feedburner.comProfessor Robson reviews "Beyond Straight and Gay Marriage"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-535018222008-07-30T12:15:32-04:002008-07-30T16:18:30Z2008-07-30T16:15:32ZRuthann Robson (our newest contributing editor at Family Law Prof Blog) reviews Nancy Polikoff new book Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under The Law. As Professor Robson notes The same-sex marriage debate is actually two debates. The...Family LawMarriage (impediments)Ruthann Robson Joins Family Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:post-535013902008-07-30T12:06:39-04:002008-07-30T16:18:55Z2008-07-30T16:06:39ZWe are pleased to announce that Ruthann Robson of Professor of Law and University Distinguished Professor at CUNY Law School will be joining the Family Law Prof Blog as a contributing editor. Professor Robson teaches in the areas of constitutional...Family LawSpecial Issue of Family Court Review Featuring Domestic Violence and Family Courts Available Onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-528341142008-07-17T13:07:14-04:002008-07-17T17:07:43Z2008-07-17T17:07:14Z"The July 2008 issue of Family Court Review featuring outcomes from the AFCC and NCJFCJ Domestic Violence and Family Courts Project is available for free online for a limited period of time at Link. The highly anticipated special issue features...Family LawDomestic ViolenceChild Protection to Appeal Texas Rulingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-503162342008-05-23T13:40:08-04:002008-05-23T17:40:26Z2008-05-23T17:40:08Z"Child Protective Services has notified the Texas Supreme Court that the state plans to appeal a ruling that it had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamous religious sect, a court spokesman said today. "As I understand...Family LawChild AbuseTexas court of Appeals rules in Polygamy casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-502821102008-05-22T17:45:41-04:002008-05-22T21:46:00Z2008-05-22T21:45:41ZThe Texas appeals court had said that authorities had no right to seize more than 440 children in a raid on the splinter group's ranch last month. The court held the state failed to show the youngsters were in any...Family LawCalifornia Supreme Court Issues Decision on Same-Sex Marriagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-499159282008-05-15T13:20:14-04:002008-05-15T17:20:37Z2008-05-15T17:20:14Z"In the present case, it is readily apparent that extending the designation of marriage to same-sex couples clearly is more consistent with the probable legislative intent than withholding that designation from both opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples in favor of...Family LawMarriage (impediments)Remember Stepmothers on Mother's Daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-496127482008-05-08T22:37:48-04:002008-05-09T02:37:57Z2008-05-09T02:37:48Z"Mother's Day and motherhood sometimes aren't all they're cracked up to be - especially for stepmothers, the unsung heroes of blended families. Parenting always is a challenge, especially in the face of resentment by children who assume that the new...Family LawPost-divorce Parentingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-496126022008-05-08T22:31:49-04:002008-05-09T02:32:14Z2008-05-09T02:31:49Z"For children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself. A new study found that children who lived in unstable family situations after their parents divorced...Family LawCustody (parenting plans)Mildred Loving Dies tag:typepad.com,2003:post-494708302008-05-06T11:31:37-04:002008-05-06T15:31:57Z2008-05-06T15:31:37ZThe New York Times has a lovely story today about Mildred Loving - of Loving v. Virginia fame - who passed away May 2 at age 68. Read the story (last visited May 6, 2008) bgfFamily LawMarriage (impediments)You-Tube as Teaching Tooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-485967602008-04-17T12:46:53-04:002008-04-17T16:47:13Z2008-04-17T16:46:53ZFamily Law Profs may be able to make good use of a bad idea: Former actress and playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith' prepared a YouTube video in which she discusses her divorce case, in particular the pre-nuptial agreement she signed, and then...Family LawReport on AFCC & NCJFCJ Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courtstag:typepad.com,2003:post-474314042008-03-23T19:03:49-04:002008-03-23T23:04:03Z2008-03-23T23:03:49Z"The Report from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts is now available online. Written by conference reporters, Professors Nancy Ver...Family LawDomestic ViolenceCommercial Surrogacy in Indiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-474312742008-03-23T18:58:45-04:002008-03-23T22:58:57Z2008-03-23T22:58:45Z"An enterprise known as reproductive outsourcing is a new but rapidly expanding business in India. Clinics that provide surrogate mothers for foreigners say they have recently been inundated with requests from the United States and Europe, as word spreads of...Family LawDouble-Proxy Weddingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-474311802008-03-23T18:54:52-04:002008-03-23T22:55:13Z2008-03-23T22:54:52Z"The blushless bride wears a hooded sweatshirt of red, offset by a bored expression that says she’s done this dozens of times before. The distracted groom wears a sweatshirt-and-cap ensemble of matching olive, offset by his — not their —...Family LawMarriage (impediments)AFCC eNews tag:typepad.com,2003:post-465837462008-03-04T17:41:28-05:002008-03-04T22:41:56Z2008-03-04T22:41:28Z"The Report from the Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts is now available on the AFCC Web site. Written by Conference Reporters, Professors Nancy Ver Steegh and Clare Dalton, the Report will be the centerpiece of a special...Family LawCalifornia Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-465828842008-03-04T17:24:22-05:002008-03-04T22:24:50Z2008-03-04T22:24:22Z"The California Supreme Court peppered both sides of the same-sex marriage debate with questions today in a 3½-hour hearing into whether the state law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman is constitutional. The hearing dealt...Family Law