What You Need to Know About LGBT Marriage by Lawyers.com on 5/22/2012 When President Obama announced his support for gay marriage earlier this month, he was echoing a sentiment that more and more Americans have come to believe – that LGBT citizens have the same right to formalize their love in...more
Forced Organ Extraction Loophole: Children by Jingna Zhao on 9/19/2011 New York Times Best Selling author Jodi Picoult’s most popular novel, My Sister’s Keeper, tells the story of a child who was conceived in order to harvest her blood and tissue for her older sister who suffers from leukemia....more
Same Sex Marriage and DOMA - Immigration and Divorce Issues by Law Office of Seth Schraier on 9/14/2011 This article reviews the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and how state law legalizing same sex marriage conflicts with the federal law. It examines two areas specifically: immigration and divorce. This is becoming a legal...more
Trial courts may not treat social security benefits as a marital asset when dividing up a marital estate. by Warner Norcross & Judd on 3/17/2011 In Biondo v Biondo, the Court of Appeals determined that § 407(a) of the Social Security Act, preempts state law regarding the division of marital assets in a consent divorce judgment. Mr. and Mrs. Biondo entered a consent...more
ley 13.151 Mediación Pcia Santa Fe (AR) by Martín Casco on 1/5/2011 Esta es la nueva ley de mediación para la provincia de Santa Fe (Argentina),, sancionada el 13/12/2010, que aún debe ser reglamentada....more
Changes in Czech parental and other family contributions or benefits for Czech citizens abroad. by Radka Koch Hartmanova on 8/18/2010 The Czech employment agencies were long ago warned by the European Commission and other Member States that they interpreted the term "residence" to broad. This would lead to abuse of the whole social system. (Czech nationals...more
Uitleg wijziging in Tsjechische ouderschaps en andere familie uitkeringen of bijdragen by Radka Koch Hartmanova on 8/18/2010 De Tsjechische arbeidsbureaus werden al een tijdje geleden gewaarschuwd door de Europese Commissie en door de andere lidstaten dat ze de term “woonplaats” te breed interpreteren. Dit zou tot misbruik van het gehele sociale...more
Escrito sobre los Divorcios en Republica Dominicana by Juan Escoto on 2/10/2010 El divorcio es un procedimiento jurídico invocado a fin de separar el vínculo matrimonial de dos conyugues. Esta figura jurídica puede ser solicitada por los esposos de común acuerdo o por uno de ellos, por medio de...more
Foreign Court Order Ruled Unenforceable: Court Nullifies Award of Attorneys Fees by Barger & Wolen on 10/26/2009 In the litigation captioned In Re the Marriage of Natalija and Nikolai Solomon Lyustiger, 2009 DJDAR 14245 (2009) the Third District Court of Appeal decided an action based on the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition...more
An Analysis of and Alternative to the Radical Feminist Position on Marriage by Candice Garcia-Rodrigo on 9/1/2008 Radical Feminists advocate for the complete abolition of the institution of marriage, citing to historical oppression of women and the patriarchal nature of the institution. In this article, the author analyzes the accuracy...more