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Parentage
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Health Law Prof Blog
Consultation Paper on Parentage: A Review of Part 3 of the Family Law Act
British Columbia Law Institute, Consultation Paper on Parentage: A Review of Part 3 of the Family Law Act (2024):Conclusively determining who a child’s parents are is an important part of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Comparative Perspectives: The Non-Marital Presumption
By Family Law
Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, Noy Naaman, and Ruth Zafran recently published their article, The Non-Marital Presumption, on SSRN (forthcoming, The American Journal of Comparative Law).The Abstract is as follows:The question of how legal…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parness: “Choosing Parentage Laws in Multistate Conduct Cases”
By Family Law
Jeffrey Parness (Northern Illinois University College of Law) recently published his article, "Choosing Parentage Laws in Multistate Conduct Cases" in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Here…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parness: “Expanding State Parent Registry Laws”
By Family Law
Jeffrey Parness (Northern Illinois University College of Law) recently published his article, "Expanding State Parent Registry Laws" in the Nebraska Law Review. Here is the Abstract:As with state recognized voluntary…
Family Law Prof Blog
AAML Journal Constitutional Issues in Family Law – Part II
By Family Law
Unwed Parents: The Limits of the ConstitutionAuthor: Albertina AntogniniComment, Swimming Free of Regulation: The Need for a National Regulatory System for Sperm Donation Choosing Parentage Laws in Multistate Conduct CasesAuthor: Jeffrey…
Trust on Trial
Cohabitation Required for “Marital Presumption” to Bar Heirship
By Dani Nafekh
Who’s your father for inheritance purposes in California? Family Code section 7540(a) states that “the child of spouses who cohabited at the time of conception and birth is conclusively presumed…
Dallas Divorce Law Blog
Same sex married couples entitled to parentage finding, says El Paso Court of Appeals
The El Paso Court of Appeals issued a meaningful opinion this week on the rights of same-sex married couples to be found a parent of a child born during the…
Family
Artificial Insemination Statute Challenged in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Same-Sex Parentage Dispute: Compher v. Whitfield
By K.O. Herston
How can a person without a biological connection to a child establish parentage in Tennessee?
Family
Parentage and UCCJEA Emergency Jurisdiction Examined in Memphis, Tennessee: Brooks v. Andrews
By K.O. Herston
When can a father have a Tennessee court exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over a child born out of wedlock?
Family Law Prof Blog
First 3-Parent Birth Certificate In Massachusetts
By Family Law
From Above the Law:In a momentous first for the state, last week the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (RVRS) issued its first three-parent birth certificate. Though this is…