Featured Cases

• Uzamere v. Bush, et al

  1:2008cv00891
  Filed in New York Eastern District Court
  Type of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
  Plaintiff: Cheryl D. Uzamere Defendant: George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Michael Mukasey, Michael Chertoff, Dr. Emilio T. Gonzalez and others...
  Cause Of Action: Fed. Question
  (April 8, 2008)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3573 RISE Out of Poverty Act

  To reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs.
  (December 4, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: S.1426 R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Preservation Act of 2011

  A bill to authorize certain authorities by the Department of State, and for other purposes.
  (July 25, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: S.1383 Strengthen and Vitalize Enforcement of Child Support (SAVE Child ...

  A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments, and for other purposes.
  (July 17, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.2366 Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and ...

  To establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker, and for other purposes.
  (June 22, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.2299 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
  (June 20, 2011)

Regulations

• Rule - State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information

  Child Support Enforcement Office
  Rule
  State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information
  ,
  11879-11880 [E9-6165]
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement 45 CFR Parts 302, 303 and 307 RIN 0970-AC01 State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Delay of effective date. SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from the Assistant to the... [read document]
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  (March 19, 2009)

• Rule - State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information

  Child Support Enforcement Office
  Rule
  State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information,
  56422-56446 [E8-22054]
  Part V Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement 45 CFR Parts 302, 303 and 307 State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information; Final Rule DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement 45 CFR Parts 302, 303 and 307 RIN 0970-AC01 State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information AGENCY: Office of Child Support... [read document]
  View Document | Download PDF
  (September 25, 2008)

• Proposed Rule - Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation

  Child Support Enforcement Office
  Proposed Rule
  Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation,
  33048-33064 [E8-13042]
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of Child Support Enforcement 45 CFR Parts 309 and 310 RIN 0970-AC32 Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of proposed rule making (NPRM). SUMMARY: This proposed rule would enable Tribes and Tribal organizations currently operating a comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement... [read document]
  View Document | Download PDF
  (June 10, 2008)

• Proposed Rule - Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program

  Child Support Enforcement Office
  Proposed Rule
  Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program,
  32668-32669 [E8-13073]
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of Child Support Enforcement 45 CFR Parts 309 and 310 Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice of open consultation. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given for the dates and locations for one informational meeting and three Tribal consultations on the Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation Notice of... [read document]
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  (June 9, 2008)

Articles

• A Legal Analysis of Romantic Gifts

  John M. Olin Fellowships in Law and Economics Working Paper Ruth Sarah Lee Harvard Law School Date Posted: February 15, 2012 Working Paper Series 60 downloads Challenges in Front of 'Philosophy for Children' Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 7-24, 2008 Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast and ehsaneh bagheri affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 14, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Legal Consciousness and LGBT Research: The Importance of Law in the Everyday Lives of LGBT Individuals Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 59, 2012 Nancy J. Knauer Temple University - Beasley School of Law Date Posted: February 14, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Symposium Overview: Perspectives on Innovative Marriage Procedure Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, p. 1, 2011, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-02 Mae Kuykendall and Adam Candeub Michigan State University College of Law and Michigan State University College of Law Date Posted: February 14, 2012 Last Revised: February 15, 2012
  (February 14, 2012)

• Beyond the Bedside: A Human Rights Approach to Adolescent Health

  Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 20, pp. 191-229, 2011, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-04 Jonathan Todres Georgia State University College of Law Date Posted: January 17, 2012 Last Revised: February 14, 2012
  (February 13, 2012)

• CyberInfants

  Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 39, pp. 225-278, 2012 Cheryl B. Preston Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School Date Posted: February 13, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 4 downloads Games, Dystopia, and ADR Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Forthcoming Jennifer W. Reynolds University of Oregon School of Law Date Posted: February 12, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 73 downloads 'Justice's Beautiful Face': Bob Sadoff and the Redemptive Promise of Therapeutic Jurisprudence Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 2012, NYLS Clinical Research Institute Paper No. 02/2012 Michael L. Perlin New York Law School Date Posted: February 11, 2012 Working Paper Series 18 downloads A Brief History of Coptic Personal Status Law Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 81, 2010, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-03 Ryan Rowberry and John Khalil Georgia State University - College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 10, 2012 Last Revised: February 14, 2012
  (February 13, 2012)

• Artificial Reproductive Techniques and Parenting: Trends and Paradoxes

  International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family, Vol. 2, 2012 Nicolas Lafferriere Universidad Católica Argentina Date Posted: February 10, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Feminist Legal Realism Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2012, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-02-01 Mae C. Quinn Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Last Revised: February 13, 2012
  (February 12, 2012)

• Marriage: The Quest for the Irreducible Minimum

  Ernesto Suarez Universitat Pompeu Fabra Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Working Paper Series A Critical Analysis of Child Marriage Law in India with Special Reference to Hindu Law Shakti Deb Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University) - KIIT Law School Date Posted: February 04, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads The Hague Convention on Child Abduction and Unilateral Relocations by Custodial Parents: A Perspective from the United States and Europe – Abbott, Neulinger, Zarraga Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 63, p. 733, 2011, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-02 Linda Silberman New York University School of Law Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Last Revised: February 11, 2012
  (February 10, 2012)

News

Blogs

• Drop in for family law advice

  Making specialist family law advice and services available to people when they need it is of vital importance to us at Woolley & Co and we are always looking for new ways to extend our cover even further - and let people know about it. Next week, we are trying something new again to push this access further. Lisa Smith, our Bedfordshire-based family lawyer, will be hosting two drop-in family law advice sessions at Bedford Business Club. The free advice sessions at the venue in Ampthill Road, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3JE, will be open to anyone wanting to call in without an appointment to discuss family law issues affecting them. This could be anything from questions about the process of divorce and separation, or for anyone worried about their children when their relationship breaks down, to wanting a better understanding of how assets may be divided on divorce. The sessions, on Saturday 25th and Wednesday 29th February, will be held outside of normal business hours - 10am to 5pm on the Saturday and 6pm to 10pm on the Wednesday - giving people the chance to call in at leisure when they do not need to worry about getting back to work. We have always tried to tailor our service to fit around clients. If that means calling them in the evening, then we can accommodate that, for instance. Our senior level solicitors work from home offices, covering different parts of England and Wales, so are flexible. This to me is a no-brainer if you want to offer high quality customer service in the 21st Century. It is unfortunate that many other sectors do not follow the same thinking - and many in the legal sector would see this as alien also. We hope the family law advice sessions prove popular and that other service providers pick up on the idea of improving customer service, whether that is through offering additional face-to-face contact out of hours or simply having a customer service phone line manned by real people. Andrew Woolley Family solicitor Drop in family law advice sessions Bedford Business Club Ampthill Road, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3JE Saturday 25th February 2012 10am - 5pm Wednesday 29th February 2012 6pm - 10pm
  (February 16, 2012)

• Divorcing in a Volatile Economic Market

  In uncertain times, dividing the matrimonial pie is more than slicing equal pieces For couples contemplating a divorce, the volatility in the financial and real estate markets has created an impediment that has left many questioning how they will achieve … Continue reading →
  (February 16, 2012)

• Grounds for Annulment in Texas: Under Influence of Alcohol or Narcotics

  A marriage may be annulled if, at the time of the marriage, the person seeking the annulment was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics and did not have the capacity to consent to the marriage. However, it is important to note that, the person seeking the annulment cannot have voluntarily lived with the other person to the marriage since the effects of the alcohol or narcotics ended. So a person regretting a marriage six weeks after the fact cannot claim that he or she was intoxicated and seek an annulment if they have been living together since the marriage. References: Texas Family Code 6.105 Article by Sarah F. Berry, Attorney
  (February 16, 2012)

• Adultery and Divorce in Jacksonville Florida

  Florida is a "no fault" divorce state. This means that either spouse may seek a divorce without showing cause for the desired separation. The spouse seeking a divorce has the option to simply claim the marriage is "irretrievably broken." Generally, Jacksonville Florida courts are not concerned with which party played the greater role in causing the divorce. As a Jacksonville Divorce Attorney, I am often asked how a cheating spouse factors into a divorce in Florida. While adulterous conduct does not factor into the courts decision to grant a divorce, it can impact other important issues raised in a divorce. In child custody battles, a court considers the "moral fitness" of a parent seeking custody. Evidence of adulterous conduct can lower a partys level of "moral fitness," and decrease his or her chances of receiving custody. However, it is not an absolute bar to child custody. Often times, a larger impact will be whether the adultery had an adverse impact on the child. Additionally, Florida Law stipulates that adultery is a factor to be considered in determining the amount of alimony awarded. In short, a higher frequency of adulterous conduct by a cheating spouse can lead to a larger amount of alimony he or she will have to pay. If you are contemplating a divorce in Jacksonville, Florida or have concerns about the impact of adulterous behavior on your divorce, contact a Florida Divorce Attorney today!
  (February 16, 2012)

• Back to Marriage

  From the Huffington Post, an article authored by June Carbone and Naomi Cahn: As we celebrated Valentines Day this week we should be aware that underlying the many stories on the changing nature of marriage and relationships is a central...
  (February 16, 2012)