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Celebrity and Minor Marriage

Family Law — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:46:00 +0000

From the NY Daily News: Age ain’t nothing but a number – just ask 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison. Hutchison, whose film and TV credits include “The Green Mile,” “Lost” and “24,” said “I do” to 16-year-old aspiring country star Courtney…

Carbone & Cahn on Marital Satisfaction and Work Roles

Family Law — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000

June Carbone and Naomi Cahn posted a piece on marital satisfaction and workloads on HuffPost Women: A new study of newlyweds found that increases in workloads were associated with increases in marital satisfaction for both men and women. The researchers...

Satirical or Too True?

Family Law — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:51:00 +0000

From mcsweeneys.net (by Rachel Friedman, entitled "30 and Pregnant"): There were several people to break the news to, first and foremost my husband. We've only been married for four years, practically newlyweds! This wasn't part of the plan. "You're... pregnant?"...

Redefining the Family

Family Law — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:48:44 +0000

Interesting New York Times piece about the cohabitation of a mother, her child, the child's sperm donor, and his domestic partner: The setup is complicated. Griffin’s mother, Carol Einhorn, a fund-raiser for a nonprofit group, is 48 and single. She...

Genderless

Family Law — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:46:00 +0000

From parentcentral.ca: The neighbours know Witterick and her husband, David Stocker, are raising a genderless baby. But they don’t pretend to understand it. While there’s nothing ambiguous about Storm’s genitalia, they aren’t telling anyone whether their third child is a...

Genderless

Family Law — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:46:00 +0000

Happy Father’s Day!

Family Law — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:15:00 +0000

Happy Father’s Day!

Family Law — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:15:00 +0000

Columbia Law School Center for Reproductive Rights Fellowship

Family Law — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:51:13 +0000

The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship (“CRR-CLS Fellowship”) is a two-year, post-graduate fellowship offered by the Center for Reproductive Rights (“the Center”) and Columbia Law School (“the Law School”). The Fellowship is designed to prepare recent...

Mahoney: "The Equitable Distribution of Marital Debts"

Family Law — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:30:00 +0000

Margaret Mahoney (Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law) has posted "The Equitable Distribution of Marital Debts" (79 UMKC L. Rev. 445 (2010)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The settlement of a couple’s financial affairs at the time of divorce...