Michigan is struggling with the same paternity challenges as Kentucky. Updates In Michigan Family Law reports:Read More

The 56 page Maryland decision in In Re Roberto d B. rendered last week can be found here. KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 writes: A surrogate mother who has no genetic connection to the baby she is carrying does not have to be listed as the mother on a birth certificate, Maryland’s...Read More

The Indiana Law Blog has an exhaustive post updating us on Indiana law in this area after some excellent hand-picked excerpts from Andrew Wolfson’s article in yesterday’s Courier-Journal. Check it out.Read More

One of the questions we pondered as states passed DOMAs and constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage was what effect such would have on divorces between heterosexuals. Larry O’Dell,Read More

‘Lawrence’ Fails to Open Floodgates to Unfettered Sexual Freedom is the title of an article by Howard J. Bashman published here as a special to Law.com March 5, 2007. Those in the blogosphere know Howard as the author of the excellent blog, How Appealing. I am pleased the article mentioned his private practice, a litigation...Read More

Taveras v. Taveraz, __ F.3d __ (6th Cir. 2007), 2007 WL 494928 (C.A.6 (Ohio) Issue and Holding: Whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over the parental child abduction action pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute. The Court held no, the district court did not have jurisdiction. Facts:Read More

Parker v. Parker, from the Supreme Court of Florida was decided February 1, 2007. The parties married in 1996, the child was born in 1998, a 2001 divorce decree incorporated an agreement for child support and the husband did not have a paternity test until 2003. The wife’s misrepresentation of paternity was held to be...Read More

We have been reading the news (New York Times, USA Today) of the Memphis child who will be returned in days to her biological parents, after being raised by another family for seven years. I have been waiting to see the Tennessee opinion, which is now online.Read More

The Family Law Prof Blog posts Case Law Development: Bifurcating Judgment Precludes Appeal: A recent inquiry from a reader asked whether bifurcated judgments in divorce actions may be separately appealed. Here is at least one court’s answer…Read More

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