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Divorce
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Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: QDRO Sole Route to Waiver of Pension Rights
By Family Law
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals holds that a QDRO is the only route to waiver of pension rights upon divorce. This case involved Decedent-Husband, who was a DuPont employee…
Family Law Prof Blog
CBS Airs “Divorce Today” Series
By Family Law
CBS News' Early Show is running a series on divorce. Articles and videos available on their website that professors may find useful in their teaching include:Putting An End To Divorce…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Collateral Attack on Previous Divorce
By Family Law
The Tennessee Court of Appeals reviewed the standards for permissible collateral attacks on prior divorce decrees and reemphasized the very narrow range of situations in which these attacks can be…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Unbelievable Off-Topic Case
Please excuse this "deviation" from the topic of this blog, but this case is so amazing that I wanted to share it with you.Here is what happened:Husband is having affair…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 12, 2007
By Rob La Gatta
As is typical for Sundays, there were far fewer LexBlog clients blogging this morning than there were the rest of the week. Here are some of August 12's discussions: Shannon…
Family Law Prof Blog
Divorce Insurance?
By Family Law
Professor Dave Hoffman of Temple University School of Law has posted a fascinating report on an investment device that looks something like Divorce Insurance at his blog "Concurring Opinions" …
Family Law Prof Blog
PING: Family History Predictive of Children’s DivorceURL: http://divorce.clementlaw.com/2007/07/articles/divorce/family-history-predictive-of-childrens-divorce/index.htmlIP: 206.135.15.187BLOG NAME: New York Divorce and Family Law BlogDATE: 07/31/2007 10:13:24 AMThe Family Law Professor Blog and Forbes.com report on an Australian study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family that shows that children of divorced parents had twice the risk of going through a divorce themselves. The study fo…
By Family Law
Forbes magazine reports on an Australian twin study indicating that family history is more predictive of divorce than genetic history. "Adults whose own parents had split had nearly twice the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Margaret F. Brinig: “The One-Size Fits All Family”
Margaret F. Brinig, a family law professor at Notre Dame Law School, has posted "The One-Size Fits All Family" on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Family policy and the law based on…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Did This Husband Stalk his Wife’s Attorney?
This case from Long Island is tantalizing. Attorney represents wife in a divorce proceeding, and is stalked by husband. Attorney successfully obtains a $ 300,000 verdict for intentional infliction of emotional distress,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Why Florida Needs a Divorce Revocation Statute for Beneficiary-Designated Nonprobate Assets
Suzanne Soliman has published her student article, A Fair Presumption: Why Florida Needs a DivorceRevocation Statute for Beneficiary-Designated Nonprobate Assets, in 36Stetson L. Rev. 397 (2007).Like many Americans, Floridiansinvest significantly…