Modern Family Law, 2007 Case Supplement

the 2007 Supplement to Modern Family Law brings the third edition up to date through July 1, 2007. it includes major developments in the areas of abortion, same-sex marriage and same-sex divorce, no-fault divorce reform, parentage, and assisted reproduction. New principal cases include: Gonzales v. Carhart, The Supreme Court's decision upholding the federal "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act" Bailey v. Faulkner, a heart-balm action against the couple's pastor Gonzalez v. Green, a same-sex divorce case Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Morrison, a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney who became sexually involved with a divorce client Richardson v. Richardson, An unsuccessful effort to modify a separation agreement by a former husband whose wife tried to hire a "hit man" to kill him Jacob v. Shultz-Jacob, a ruling that a child can have three legal parents New excerpts on the following topics include: the validity of ceremonial Islamic weddings the testimony of Jessica Gonzales (plaintiff in Castle Rock v. Gonzales) before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights child abuse statistics New problems on the following issues include: the "wiretapping" of actor Alec Baldwin's abusive phone call to his young daughter a fraud exception to durational residency requirements limitations on parents' common law right to discipline children liberalization in the reporting of emotional abuse Updates on empirical findings include: aging in the gay and lesbian community interracial marriage and polygamy naming practices the work-family conflict the declining divorce rate joint custody and children's views about custody decisionmaking sex education reporting about child abuse and neglect international adoption and open adoptionWeisberg, D. Kelly is the author of 'Modern Family Law, 2007 Case Supplement', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735571969 and ISBN 0735571961.