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Minors' Consent
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Religion Clause
DC Minor Consent Law Violates Parents’ Free Exercise Rights
In Booth v. Bowser, (D DC, March 18, 2022), a D.C. federal district court granted a preliminary injunction on free exercise grounds against the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Act Amendment of 2020…
Family Law Prof Blog
Maryland: Adolescents May Access to Mental Health Care Without Informed Consent from Their Parent or Guardians
By Family Law
From wtopNews:Following contentious debate during the 2021 legislative session, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) has allowed a bill to let minors as young as 12-years-old to seek mental and…
Bill Madden's Blog
UK: Further decision on gender dysphoria treatment & Gillick competence issues.
By Bill Madden
A decision in December 2020 Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHE Foundation Trust & Ors [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), available online, gained considerable attention in England and elsewhere when addressing the legal…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
Child’s Written Consent Required
Section 63-9-310 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, lists the individuals and agencies that are required to give consent to an adoption. One of the individuals that…
@theBar
Minors and Consent to Health Care Services
Post Authored by Laura Wibberley In Illinois, the general rule is that minors, individuals under the age of 18, cannot consent to receive medical treatment,[1] and that consent must be…
Family Law Prof Blog
Drobac: “Abandoning Teenage Consent for Legal Assent: Harmonizing Developmental Sciences and the Law”
By Family Law
Jennifer Ann Drobac (Indiana Univ. School of Law - Indianapolis) has posted "Abandoning Teenage Consent for Legal Assent: Harmonizing Developmental Sciences and the Law" on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Comparisons…
ContractsProf Blog
A Smurfy Story About Ipad App Contract Formation and Capacity
From Yahoo! news:"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Drobac on “Developing Capacity”
Jennifer Ann Drobac (IUPUI) has an interesting new piece out on SSRN entitled, 'Developing Capacity': Adolescent 'Consent' at Work, at Law, and In the Sciences of the Mind, 10 J.…