Modern Family Law: Cases & Materials 2008 Supplement

<p> The <b>2008 Supplement to Modern Family Law</b> brings the third edition up to date through July 27, 2008. It includes major developments in the areas of abortion, same-sex marriage and same-sex divorce, polygamy, domestic violence, no-fault divorce reform, parentage, and assisted reproduction. </p><p><b>New principal cases since publication of the casebook include:</b></p><ul><li><i>Gonzales v. Carhart</i>, the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the federal “Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act” </li><li><i>In re Marriage Cases</i>, the California Supreme Court decision invalidating the state ban on same-sex marriage </li><li><i>Bailey v. Faulkner</i>, a heart-balm action against the couple’s pastor </li><li><i>Gonzalez v. Green</i>, recognizing contracts between same-sex partners, and <i> Beth R. v. Donna M</i>., recognizing a valid foreign same-sex marriage </li><li><i>State v. Carswell,</i> upholding the constitutionality of the state domestic violence statute in light of the state DOMA </li><li><i>Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Morrison</i>, a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney who became sexually involved with a divorce client </li><li><i>Richardson v. Richardson</i>, an unsuccessful effort to modify a separation agreement by a former husband whose wife tried to hire a “hit man” to kill him </li><li><i>Finstuen v. Crutcher,</i> holding that full faith and credit requires Oklahoma to recognize adoptions by same-sex couples formalized in other states even though Oklahoma prohibits such adoptions and </li><li><i>Jacob v. Shultz-Jacob</i>, a ruling that a child can have three legal parents </li></ul><p><b>New excerpts since publication of the casebook include:</b></p><ul><li> the validity of ceremonial Islamic weddings </li><li> an epilogue on <i>Loving v. Virginia</i></li><li> the testimony of Jessica Gonzales (plaintiff in <i>Castle Rock v. Gonzales</i> ) before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights </li><li> a narrative on <i>Moore v. City of East Cleveland </i></li><li> child maltreatment statistics </li></ul><p><b>Other additions and updates since publication of the casebook include:</b></p><ul><li> eleven new Problems </li><li> aging in the gay and lesbian community </li><li> the constitutionality of the death penalty for child rape </li><li> the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to <i>Crawford v. Washington</i></li><li> online dating fraud </li><li> proxy marriage </li><li> naming practices </li><li> recent amendments to the FMLA and VAWA </li><li> new paid family leave legislation </li><li> firearm restrictions and domestic violence </li><li> discrimination against same-sex couples in housing and employment </li><li> the “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” policy in the military </li><li> paternity disestablishment </li><li> bankruptcy reform </li><li> child support enforcement </li><li> custody disputes between members of same-sex couples </li><li> grandparent visitation </li><li> representation of children in custody and abuse cases </li><li> parental relocation </li><li> child abduction </li><li> home schooling </li><li> child abuse reporting </li><li> transracial adoption, international adoption, and open adoption </li><li> the legal status of sperm donors </li><li> posthumous conception </li><li> gestational surrogacy </li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>