The 2008 Supplement to Modern Family Law 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. New principal cases since publication of the casebook include: <ul>
<li> Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the federal “Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act” </li> <li> In re Marriage Cases, the California Supreme Court decision invalidating the state ban on same-sex marriage </li> <li> Bailey v. Faulkner, a heart-balm action against the couple’s pastor </li> <li> Gonzalez v. Green, recognizing contracts between same-sex partners, and Beth R. v. Donna M., recognizing a valid foreign same-sex marriage </li> <li> State v. Carswell, upholding the constitutionality of the state domestic violence statute in light of the state DOMA </li> <li> Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Morrison, a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney who became sexually involved with a divorce client </li> <li> 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 </li> <li> Finstuen v. Crutcher, 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> Jacob v. Shultz-Jacob, a ruling that a child can have three legal parents </li> </ul>
 New excerpts since publication of the casebook include: <ul>
<li> the validity of ceremonial Islamic weddings </li> <li> an epilogue on Loving v. Virginia </li> <li> the testimony of Jessica Gonzales (plaintiff in Castle Rock v. Gonzales ) before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights </li> <li> a narrative on Moore v. City of East Cleveland </li> <li> child maltreatment statistics </li> </ul>
 Other additions and updates since publication of the casebook include: <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 Crawford v. Washington </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>

Modern Family Law: Cases & Materials 2008 Supplement

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