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 FamilyLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.com 5th Circuit on Breastfeeding tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192ab3deaac970d 2013-06-18T03:05:00-07:00 2013-06-18T10:05:00Z 2013-06-18T10:05:00Z From Law.com: While several new health studies health studies concerning breastfeeding are making the rounds, the topic has also been generating headlines in the employment law context, thanks to a recent Fifth Circuit ruling (as reported in Texas Lawyer's Tex... Family Law Current Affairs Babies Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes--Normal in Finland tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910314323a970c 2013-06-17T03:09:00-07:00 2013-06-17T10:09:00Z 2013-06-17T10:09:00Z From Updated News: For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped... Family Law Current Affairs <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/2013/06/my-entry.html" /> <link rel="service.edit" type="application/x.atom+xml" href="http://www.typepad.com/t/atom/weblog/blog_id=162038/entry_id=6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb197938970d" title="" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb197938970d</id> <issued>2013-06-16T02:15:00-07:00</issued> <modified>2013-06-16T09:15:00Z</modified> <created>2013-06-16T09:15:00Z</created> <summary /> <author> <name>Family Law</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title>Horrific Exam tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019103143b89970c 2013-06-15T03:16:00-07:00 2013-06-15T10:16:00Z 2013-06-15T10:16:00Z From Daily Mail: The University of Cambridge has defended a law exam described as 'horrific' by students because of its graphic depictions of oral sex, male rape and naked torture. The university's renowned law faculty has used real-life scenarios for... Family Law Current Affairs Fewer Online Marriages Result in Divorce tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aadc7a20970d 2013-06-14T03:12:00-07:00 2013-06-14T10:12:00Z 2013-06-14T10:12:00Z From ars technica: Like everything else, dating has moved online in recent years through a combination of organized dating services and incidental meetings (the Ars forums have enabled a number of matches). Now, a new survey of American households shows... Family Law Current Affairs FASFA Changes Consider Income of Same-Sex Partners tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192ab0e5434970d 2013-06-13T01:54:00-07:00 2013-06-13T08:54:00Z 2013-06-13T08:54:00Z From Erez Aloni, writing for the Huffington Post: Under the purview of the Department of Education, the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will now include in its calculation of students' eligibility for financial aid the income of... Family Law Current Affairs How Much Are We Working tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d1de8f3970b 2013-06-12T02:53:00-07:00 2013-06-12T09:53:00Z 2013-06-12T09:53:00Z See great charts from the Atlantic about how much we are working these days here. MR Family Law Current Affairs Harvard Admissions Letter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aadc5400970d 2013-06-11T02:49:00-07:00 2013-06-12T20:51:07Z 2013-06-11T09:49:00Z From the Washington Post: A woman answers a letter from the Harvard Admissions Office from over half a century ago, inquiring into her plans for working while having a family. Read it here. MR Family Law Current Affairs The Atlantic's Take on Marriage tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191030bcace970c 2013-06-10T03:02:00-07:00 2013-06-10T10:02:00Z 2013-06-10T10:02:00Z The Atlantic has a series of interesting articles on marriage here. MR Family Law Current Affairs New Initiative on Shared Parenting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d1dddaf970b 2013-06-08T02:38:00-07:00 2013-06-08T09:38:00Z 2013-06-08T09:38:00Z From Quantum Valeat: A new organisation called Leading Women 4 Shared Parenting was launched recently. The organisation aims to bring together women from all walks of life who support and promote shared parenting (I prefer the term shared care), with... Family Law Current Affairs The "Marriage Equation" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aad41378970d 2013-06-07T02:57:00-07:00 2013-06-07T18:41:59Z 2013-06-07T09:57:00Z From Deborah Widiss (Indiana University Maurer School of Law), writing for the Atlantic: Liza Mundy's recent article in The Atlantic suggests that same-sex couples can serve as a model for different-sex couples struggling to find a fair division of breadwinning... Family Law Current Affairs AZ Abortion Ban tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aaaa0220970d 2013-06-06T02:54:00-07:00 2013-06-06T09:54:00Z 2013-06-06T09:54:00Z From Fox News: A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate... Family Law Abortion Current Affairs Changes to FASFA tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa1c9bb2970d 2013-06-05T01:52:00-07:00 2013-06-05T08:52:00Z 2013-06-05T08:52:00Z From The Chronicle of Higher Education: For the first time since the creation of the federal student-aid system, the income and assets of all of a would-be borrower's legal parents will be counted in the government's calculation of the student's... Family Law Current Affairs On Trusts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c5e3ee5970b 2013-06-04T02:54:00-07:00 2013-06-04T09:54:00Z 2013-06-04T09:54:00Z From ABA Now: Same-sex couples who marry or join in civil unions face unique challenges to determine whether their partner qualifies as a beneficiary of their trusts, and attorneys must often navigate complex or unclear laws to guide their clients... Family Law Current Affairs Stay at Home Parents & Access to Credit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102e1bbb7970c 2013-06-03T01:50:00-07:00 2013-06-03T08:50:00Z 2013-06-03T08:50:00Z From Margaret Ryznar writing for the Huffington Post: The rules on stay-at-home parents' access to credit have been reversed twice in the past four years but, interestingly, without much media attention along the way. This is despite the fundamental impact... Family Law Current Affairs Fostering in UK tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191025460e8970c 2013-06-01T01:17:00-07:00 2013-06-01T08:17:00Z 2013-06-01T08:17:00Z Here's an article on the need for more foster families in the UK. MR Family Law Current Affairs One-Day Divorce Program tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102542e76970c 2013-05-31T00:43:00-07:00 2013-05-31T07:43:00Z 2013-05-31T07:43:00Z From the Wall Street Journal: Thanks to law students, it now takes “seconds” for Sacramento County couples who filed for divorce to dissolve their marriages. Student volunteers are the backbone behind the county’s new one-day divorce program. Read more here.... Family Law Current Affairs IN Child Support for Child on Campus tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c5e53a8970b 2013-05-30T01:09:00-07:00 2013-05-30T08:09:00Z 2013-05-30T08:09:00Z From the Indiana Lawyer: The Indiana Court of Appeals was presented with an issue for the first time: whether a child support order should be reduced for the time a child is living on campus when a court has found... Family Law Current Affairs Presumed Shared Parenting in NC tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c5e5107970b 2013-05-29T01:07:00-07:00 2013-05-29T08:07:00Z 2013-05-29T08:07:00Z From PR Web: On April 2, 2013, North Carolina State Senator Clodfelter filed Senate Bill 610 entitled “An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to Child Custody to Incorporate a Presumed Shared Parenting Standard”. Family law attorneys throughout the state,... Family Law Current Affairs Custody (parenting plans) PA Family Law tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c5e4cf8970b 2013-05-28T01:03:00-07:00 2013-05-28T08:03:00Z 2013-05-28T08:03:00Z From foxrothschild.com: My colleague Aaron Weems has already reported that late last month the Pennsylvania Supreme Court put an end to what was a five year experiment with court appointed ombudsmen tasked to decide minor custody disputes where the need... Family Law Current Affairs