Florida Divorce Law Blog posts on a pending lawsuit, Can Boy Born to Married Parents Compel Bio Mom to Disclose Bio Dad After Legal Dad Ruled Out? “After his parents’ divorce, the boy resided primarily with his legal father – the then-husband of the boy’s biological mother.(In many states, including Florida, the man married to...Read More
A unique new book from the ABA Section of Family Law –Here’s their announcement: Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Lawyer’s Guide to Emerging Law and Science By Charles P. Kindregan, Jr. and Maureen McBrien http://www.abanet.org/abapubs/books/5130139Read More
Divorce after Death? Not in PA, a lower court has ruled. For stories on this case, see: Indiana Law Blog, “A man can no more be divorced after he is dead than he can be married or condemned to death. Marriage is the union of two lives which can be dissolved either by death or...Read More
Although federal college financial aid amounted to $90 billion in 2004-2005, colleges provided $24 billion of their own money, and their treatment of stepparent income and non custodial income varies significantly. Some consider only the resources of biological or adoptive parents, some consider stepparent income only in the custodial household, and some collect income information...Read More
LawReader announces the formation of the American Association of Internet Journalists. Members willing to subscribe to its aspirational code of ethics are invited. After reading Indiana Law Blog,and the journal article to which it links, I better understood some of the rationale inspiring this goundbreaking move to form an association with foundations of good journalism....Read More
“The Michigan supreme court reversed the court of appeals’ decision in Barnes v Jeudevine, in an opinion released on July 26, 2006. Docket No. 129606. As a result, Barnes, who filed an action seeking a determination of paternity of a child conceived while the child’s mother was married to another man—a child whom he co-parented...Read More
Louisville Magazine , July, 2006 issue, has a nice piece on the innovations in Jefferson Circuit Court, Family Divisions as well as the challenges facing it.Read More
There are two good posts on a new collusive divorce case, one from Updates in Michigan Family Law and the other from the Family Law Prof Blog.Read More
Jeanne Hannah posted an article about the Washington State supreme court’s 5-4 decision today banning same-sex marriage on Updates in Michigan Family Law. This article contains links to the majority opinion, 2 concurring opinions, the dissent and 2 opinions concurring in the dissent.Read More
