Modern Family Law : Cases and Materials

by Weisberg, D. Kelly

• ISBN13: 9780735556102
• ISBN10: 0735556105
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

When you teach Family Law, how do you convey the lively social context of this continually evolving area? Modern Family Law, Third Edition, uses cases, notes, interdisciplinary materials, and problems to address the full range of the subject, with sensitivity to issues of gender, race, and class. This dynamic casebook: reflects the social diversity of the modern family examines the social and legal impacts of: the women's movement, the children's rights movement, the fathers' rights movement, domestic violence, changing sexual mores, new family forms, and developments in reproductive technology integrates valuable interdisciplinary perspectives, including excerpts, notes, and questions emanating from history, psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, and philosophy covers the basics of family law as well as more expansive topics presents a variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and current events easily adapts to courses of various lengths heightens student awareness of the real effect of the law on people's lives through narratives and stories about the people behind the cases Scrupulously updated with new cases, notes, problems, and excerpts, the Third Edition: provides extensive coverage of the same-sex marriage debate and its ramifications, including the Lawrence, Goodridge, and Lofton cases, civil unions and domestic partnerships, parentage determinations, custody and visitation, child support, name changes, property rights, the proposed federal marriage amendment to the Constitution, and the wider implications for gender classifications in family law presents expanded treatment of domestic violence, including Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzalez, discrimination against abuse victims in the areas of housing and employment, victims' attempts to change names and hide, and the implications for custody and support discusses custody and visitation rights of both grandparents and stepparents in the post-Troxel era supplies revised coverage of the family-work conflict, including discussion of the "glass ceiling," the "maternal wall," and the gendered household division of labor treats right-to-die issues, most notably the Terri Schiavo case and its ramifications for privacy, the family, and federalism addresses partial-birth abortion bans and teenagers' abortion rights, including the proposed federal parental notification statute (the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act) and the pending Supreme Court case of Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England includes expanded treatment of sexual orientation in terms of employment, housing, domestic violence, and the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy considers fetal protection measures at both the federal and state levels that criminalize the killing of a fetus, such as the Unborn Victims of Violence Act deals with important evidentiary issues, such as the child abuse implications of Crawford v. Washington and the interspousal wiretapping case of Glazner v. Glazner reviews paternity disestablishment for husbands who deny paternity after genetic tests disprove their biological fatherhood updates issues of contraceptive fraud, such as the "purloined sperm" cases in which women lie about taking birth control pills or "steal" their partner's sperm without his consent

Table of Contents

Preface	xxix
Introduction	xxxiii
Acknowledgments	xxxv
Private Family Choices: Constitutional Protection for the Family and Its Members	1	(110)
Evolution of the Right to Privacy	1	(71)
The Birth of Privacy	1	(1)
Meanings of Privacy	1	(1)
Griswold v. Connecticut	1	(4)
Michael Grossberg, Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America	5	(1)
Catherine G. Roraback, Griswold v. Connecticut: A Brief Case History	6	(3)
Notes and Questions	9	(2)
Eisenstadt v. Baird	11	(2)
Notes and Questions	13	(1)
Problems	14	(1)
Roots of Privacy	15	(1)
Meyer v. Nebraska	15	(1)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters	16	(2)
Notes and Questions	18	(2)
The Growth of Privacy	20	(1)
Abortion as a Private Choice	20	(1)
Roe v. Wade	20	(8)
Sarah Weddington, A Question of Choice	28	(2)
Brief for the Amici Curiae Women Who Have Had Abortions and Friends of Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services	30	(1)
Notes and Questions	31	(4)
Kristin Luker, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood	35	(2)
Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion	37	(2)
Sidney Callahan, Abortion and the Sexual Agenda	39	(1)
Burdens on Privacy	40	(1)
Stenberg v. Carhart	40	(5)
John Leland, Beyond the Slogans: Inside an Abortion Clinic	45	(3)
Notes and Questions	48	(8)
Problem	56	(1)
The Liberation of Privacy	56	(1)
Lawrence v. Texas	56	(8)
Patty Reinert, Pair Proud They Could Get Sodomy Law Thrown Out	64	(1)
Tony Mauro, A ``Cultural Milestone'' at the High Court: Lawrence Gay Attorneys Turned Out in Force to Witness Lawrence Arguments	65	(1)
Notes and Questions	66	(5)
Problem	71	(1)
When Privacy Rights Conflict	72	(39)
Wives and Husbands	72	(1)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey	72	(4)
Notes and Questions	76	(1)
Children and Parents	77	(1)
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England v. Heed	77	(3)
Angela Bonavoglia, Kathy's Day in Court	80	(2)
Notes and Questions	82	(6)
Problem	88	(2)
Life and Death	90	(1)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health	90	(5)
Notes and Questions	95	(4)
Note: The Terri Schiavo Case	99	(1)
Problem	100	(1)
In re A.C.	100	(5)
Carol O'Brien, Patient's Lawyer Calls A.C. Case Human Sacrifice	105	(1)
Notes and Questions	106	(2)
Problems	108	(3)
Getting Married	111	(118)
Introduction: Public versus Private Dimensions of Courtship and Marriage	111	(5)
Courtship Patterns	111	(1)
John Demos, A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony	111	(1)
Beth L. Bailey, From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America	112	(1)
Jennifer Egan, Love in the Time of No Time	113	(1)
The Marriage Contract	114	(1)
Maynard v. Hill	115	(1)
Henry Maine, Ancient Law	115	(1)
Susan Moller Okin, Justice, Gender, and the Family	116	(1)
Preparing to Marry: Premarital Controversies	116	(12)
Breach of Promise to Marry	116	(1)
Rivkin v. Postal	116	(3)
Notes and Questions	119	(3)
Problem	122	(1)
Gifts in Contemplation of Marriage	123	(1)
Fowler v. Perry	123	(2)
Notes and Questions	125	(2)
Problems	127	(1)
Premarital Contracts	128	(12)
Simeone v. Simeone	128	(4)
Binek v. Binek	132	(3)
Notes and Questions	135	(4)
Problem	139	(1)
Getting Married: Substantive and Procedural Regulations	140	(89)
Constitutional Limits on State Regulation of Entry into Marriage	140	(1)
Loving v. Virginia	140	(2)
Robert A. Pratt, Crossing the Color Line: A Historical Assessment and Personal Narrative of Loving v. Virginia	142	(2)
Phyl Newbeck, Virginia Hasn't Always Been for Lovers: Interracial Marriage Bans and the Case of Richard and Mildred Loving	144	(1)
Zablocki v. Redhail	145	(5)
Notes and Questions on Loving and Zablocki	150	(4)
Problems	154	(1)
Turner v. Safley	154	(3)
Sheila Isenberg, Women Who Love Men Who Kill	157	(1)
Notes and Questions	158	(1)
Problems	159	(1)
State Regulation of Entry into the Marital Relationship	160	(1)
Substantive Restrictions	160	(1)
Capacity to Marry	160	(1)
Same Sex	160	(1)
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health	160	(9)
David J. Garrow, Toward a More Perfect Union	169	(2)
Notes and Questions	171	(10)
Problem	181	(1)
Note: Domestic Partnership Legislation	181	(3)
Incest	184	(1)
In re Adoption of M.	184	(2)
Note: Void versus Voidable Distinction	186	(1)
Notes and Questions	186	(2)
Problem	188	(1)
Bigamy	189	(1)
State v. Green	189	(4)
Jack Anderson, Advertures Among the Polygamists	193	(2)
Notes and Questions	195	(4)
Elizabeth Joseph, My Husband's Nine Wives	199	(1)
Problem	200	(1)
Age	201	(1)
Kirkpatrick v. District Court	201	(2)
Notes and Questions	203	(4)
Problems	207	(1)
State of Mind Restrictions: Fraud and Duress	207	(1)
Blair v. Blair	207	(2)
Notes and Questions	209	(1)
Problem	210	(1)
Note: Marriage Fraud in Immigration	211	(1)
Procedural Restrictions	212	(1)
Licensure and Solemnization	212	(1)
Carabetta v. Carabetta	212	(2)
Harriette Cole, Jumping the Broom: The African-American Wedding Planner	214	(1)
Ginia Bellafante, Even in Gay Circles, the Women Want the Ring	215	(1)
Notes and Questions	215	(3)
Problems	218	(1)
Note: Procedural Variations	218	(2)
Informal Marriages	220	(1)
Common Law Marriage	220	(1)
Jennings v. Hurt	220	(3)
Notes and Questions	223	(3)
Problems	226	(1)
The Putative Spouse Doctrine and Other Curative Devices	227	(1)
Problem	228	(1)
Being Married: Regulation of the Intact Marriage	229	(132)
Introduction: The Changing Nature of Marriage	229	(8)
John W. Blassingame, The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South	229	(2)
Theodore Caplow et al., The Quality of Marriage in Middletown: 1924-1976	231	(2)
Adrienne Rich, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence	233	(1)
Michael Warner, Beyond Gay Marriage	234	(1)
Jessie Bernard, The Future of Marriage	234	(2)
Linda J. Waite & Maggie Gallagher, Is Her Marriage Really Worse Than His?	236	(1)
Roles and Responsibilities in Marriage	237	(70)
The Common Law View	237	(1)
William Blackstone, Commentaries	237	(1)
Marital Property Regimes	238	(1)
Introduction	238	(1)
Common Law Disabilities	239	(2)
Managerial Rules	241	(1)
Duty of Support	242	(1)
McGuire v. McGuire	242	(2)
Notes and Questions	244	(2)
Problem	246	(1)
Jessie Bernard, The Good-Provider Role: Its Rise and Fall	246	(2)
Note: Constitutional Limits on Sex-Stereotyped Role Assignments	248	(2)
Names in the Family	250	(1)
Neal v. Neal	250	(2)
Henne v. Wright	252	(3)
Notes and Questions	255	(3)
Problems	258	(1)
Employment	259	(1)
Bradwell v. Illinois	259	(1)
Notes and Questions	260	(1)
D. Kelly Weisberg, Barred from the Bar: Women and Legal Education in the United States 1870-1890	260	(3)
Note: Married Woman's Domicile	263	(1)
Vaughn v. Lawrenceburg Power System	263	(3)
Notes and Questions	266	(3)
Problems	269	(1)
Parenting	270	(1)
Pregnancy Leave	270	(1)
Cleveland Board of Education v. Lafleur	270	(4)
Jo Carol Lafleur, ``Go Home and Have Your Baby''	274	(2)
California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra	276	(3)
Wendy W. Williams, Equality's Riddle: Pregnancy and the Equal Treatment/Special Treatment Debate	279	(3)
Notes and Questions	282	(3)
Problems	285	(1)
Balancing Work and Family	285	(1)
Caldwell v. Holland of Texas, Inc.	285	(3)
Family and Medical Leave Act	288	(2)
Notes and Questions	290	(5)
Problems	295	(1)
Martin H. Malin, Fathers and Parental Leave	296	(2)
Dike v. School Board	298	(2)
Notes and Questions	300	(2)
Arlie Hochschild & Ann Machung, The Second Shift	302	(1)
Note: Work-Family Conflict Issues	303	(3)
Problem	306	(1)
Tort and Criminal Law	307	(54)
Tort Actions Against Third Parties: Alienation of Affections and Criminal Conversation	307	(1)
Jones v. Swanson	307	(4)
Osborne v. Payne	311	(1)
Notes and Questions	312	(2)
Problems	314	(1)
Tort Actions Between Spouses	315	(1)
Interspousal Immunity Doctrine	315	(1)
G.L. v. M.L.	315	(2)
Notes and Questions	317	(3)
Problem	320	(1)
Wiretapping	320	(1)
Glazner v. Glazner	320	(2)
Notes and Questions	322	(3)
Problems	325	(1)
Domestic Violence: Wife Beating	325	(1)
Introduction	325	(1)
Richard J. Gelles & Murray A. Straus, Intimate Violence	325	(2)
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances	327	(1)
Beverly Horsburgh, Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community	328	(1)
Battered Woman Syndrome	329	(1)
Hawthorne v. State	329	(2)
Dr. Lenore Walker, Terrifying Love: Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds	331	(2)
Notes and Questions	333	(5)
Problem	338	(1)
Duties of Law Enforcement	339	(1)
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales	339	(3)
Notes and Questions	342	(5)
Crimes: Marital Rape	347	(1)
People v. Liberta	347	(5)
Notes and Questions	352	(1)
Problems	353	(1)
Note: Property Crimes Between Spouses	354	(1)
Evidentiary Privileges Arising from the Marital Relationship	354	(1)
Trammel v. United States	354	(4)
Notes and Questions	358	(1)
Problems	359	(2)
Alternative Families	361	(126)
Constitutional Limits on Definitions of ``Family''	362	(15)
Is a Commune a Family?	362	(1)
U.S. Department of Agriculture v. Moreno	362	(3)
Notes and Questions	365	(3)
Problems	368	(1)
Vivian Hamilton, Mistaking Marriage for Social Policy	368	(3)
The Extended Family	371	(1)
Moore v. City of East Cleveland	371	(4)
Notes and Questions	375	(2)
Problem	377	(1)
Cohabitation: Unmarried Couples	377	(70)
Introduction	377	(1)
Richard J. Gelles, Contemporary Families: A Sociological View	377	(2)
Traditional Response: Criminal Sanctions	379	(1)
Lawrence v. Texas	379	(1)
Notes and Questions	379	(4)
Unmarried Couples' Rights Inter Se	383	(1)
Marvin v. Marvin	383	(6)
Notes and Questions	389	(7)
Problems	396	(1)
Unmarried Couples, Third Parties, and the State	396	(1)
Tort Recovery	396	(1)
Graves v. Estabrook	396	(4)
Roy A. Duddy, A Fiancee's Emotional Ordeal	400	(1)
Notes and Questions	401	(4)
Employment	405	(1)
Shahar v. Bowers	405	(4)
Postscript by Robin Shahar	409	(1)
Notes and Questions	409	(6)
Problem	415	(1)
Health	415	(1)
In re Guardianship of Kowalski (Kowalski III)	415	(4)
Casey Charles, The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial	419	(1)
Notes and Questions	419	(3)
Problem	422	(1)
Domestic Violence	422	(1)
State v. Yaden	422	(2)
Notes and Questions	424	(2)
Problem	426	(1)
Familial Benefits: Housing, Inheritance, Adoption	426	(1)
Braschi v. Stahl Associates Co.	426	(3)
North Dakota Fair Housing Council v. Peterson	429	(3)
Notes and Questions	432	(5)
Problems	437	(1)
Vasquez v. Hawthorne	438	(2)
Amy D. Ronner, Homophobia: In the Closet and in the Coffin	440	(1)
Notes and Questions	441	(6)
Parents' and Children's Rights in the Nonmarital Family	447	(40)
Support Rights of Nonmarital Children	448	(1)
Clark v. Jeter	448	(2)
Notes and Questions	450	(3)
Note on Paternity Establishment	453	(3)
Wallis v. Smith	456	(2)
Notes and Questions	458	(2)
Limitations on Unmarried Parents' Rights	460	(1)
Stanley v. Illinois	460	(3)
Michael H. v. Gerald D.	463	(6)
Notes and Questions	469	(8)
Problems	477	(1)
Extending Paternity Laws to Same-Sex Couples	478	(1)
Elisa B. v. Superior Court	478	(4)
Notes and Questions	482	(5)
Divorce	487	(106)
Introduction	487	(7)
Divorce as a Historical Phenomenon	487	(1)
Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law	487	(3)
Divorce as a Social Phenomenon	490	(1)
Paul Bohannon, The Six Stations of Divorce	490	(1)
Divorce as a Gender-Based Phenomenon	491	(1)
Catherine K. Riessman, Divorce Talk: Women and Men Make Sense of Personal Relationships	492	(1)
E. Mavis Hetherington, Marriage and Divorce American Style	493	(1)
Fault-Based Grounds for Divorce	494	(16)
Adultery	494	(1)
Lickle v. Lickle	494	(2)
Notes and Questions	496	(3)
Julie H. Hall & Frank D. Fincham, Relationship Dissolution Following Infidelity	499	(1)
Problems	500	(1)
Cruelty	501	(1)
Muhammad v. Muhammad	501	(2)
Notes and Questions	503	(2)
Problems	505	(1)
Desertion	505	(1)
Reid v. Reid	505	(3)
Notes and Questions	508	(1)
Problem	509	(1)
Fault-Based Defenses	510	(6)
Recrimination	510	(1)
Parker v. Parker	510	(2)
Notes and Questions	512	(1)
Condonation	512	(1)
Haymes v. Haymes	512	(2)
Notes and Questions	514	(1)
Problem	515	(1)
Note: Other Fault-Based Defenses	515	(1)
Problem	516	(1)
No-Fault Divorce	516	(24)
Divorce Reform	516	(1)
Allen M. Parkman, Good Intentions Gone Awry: No-Fault Divorce and the American Family	517	(2)
Lynne Carol Halem, Divorce Reform: Changing Legal and Social Perspectives	519	(1)
California Family Code §§2310, 2311, 2335	520	(1)
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §§302, 305	520	(1)
New York Domestic Relations Law §170	521	(1)
Legal Problems Raised by No-Fault Divorce	522	(1)
Early Problems of No-Fault	522	(1)
Problems	523	(1)
Living Separate and Apart	523	(1)
Bennington v. Bennington	523	(1)
Notes and Questions	524	(2)
Note: Abolition of Fault-Based Defenses	526	(1)
What Role for Fault?	526	(1)
Feltmeier v. Feltmeier	526	(4)
Notes and Questions	530	(2)
Problem	532	(1)
Assessment of the No-Fault ``Revolution''	533	(1)
Divorce Reform in the United States	533	(1)
Deborah I. Rhode & Martha Minow, Reforming the Questions, Questioning the Reforms: Feminist Perspectives on Divorce Law	533	(2)
Divorce Reform: The Comparative-Law Perspective	535	(1)
Naomi Neft & Ann D. Levine, Where Women Stand: An International Report on the Status of Women in 140 Countries	535	(1)
Divorce Reform: The Gay Divorce	536	(1)
Kirk Johnson, Gay Divorce: Few Markers in This Realm	536	(1)
Ramona Faith Oswald & Eric Clausell, Same-Sex Relationships and Their Dissolution	536	(2)
Note: The Return of Fault	538	(2)
Access to Divorce	540	(12)
Economic Obstacles	540	(1)
Boddie v. Connecticut	540	(3)
Notes and Questions	543	(1)
Problems	544	(1)
Note: Pro Se Divorce	544	(1)
Note: Social and Cultural Obstacles Surrounding Divorce	545	(2)
Access to Alternatives to Divorce	547	(1)
Aflalo v. Aflalo	547	(3)
Notes and Questions	550	(2)
The Role of Counsel	552	(21)
Emotional Aspects of Divorce	552	(1)
Andrew Watson, The Lawyer and His Client: The Process of Emotional Involvement	552	(2)
Kenneth Kressel et al., Professional Intervention in Divorce: The Views of Lawyers, Psychotherapists, and Clergy	554	(2)
Moses v. Moses	556	(1)
Notes and Questions	557	(2)
Conflicts of Interest	559	(1)
Florida Bar v. Dunagan	559	(2)
Notes and Questions	561	(2)
Problem	563	(1)
Ethics Committee, Mississippi State Bar Opinion 80	563	(1)
Ethics Committee, State Bar of Montana, Opinion 10	563	(1)
Robert G. Spector, The Do's and Don'ts When One Lawyer Represents Both Parties	564	(2)
Sexual Ethics	566	(1)
In re Tsoutsouris	566	(3)
Notes and Questions	569	(3)
Problems	572	(1)
Divorce Jurisdiction	573	(20)
Over the Plaintiff and Defendant	573	(1)
In re Marriage of Kimura	573	(5)
Notes and Questions	578	(2)
Problem	580	(1)
Note: Jurisdiction to Terminate a Same-Sex Marriage or Domestic Partnership	580	(2)
Durational Residency Requirements	582	(1)
Sosna v. Iowa	582	(3)
Notes and Questions	585	(1)
Domestic Relations Exception to Diversity Jurisdiction	586	(1)
Ankenbrandt v. Richards	586	(3)
Notes and Questions	589	(2)
Problems	591	(2)
Financial Consequences of Dissolution	593	(130)
Introduction: The Demise of Fault?	593	(2)
Property Distribution: From Title Theory to Contribution	595	(11)
Ferguson v. Ferguson	595	(3)
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §307	598	(1)
Stephen D. Sugarman, Dividing Financial Interests on Divorce	598	(1)
American Law Institute, Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations §4.12	599	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Theory of Property Division	600	(5)
Problem	605	(1)
Spousal Support: Theories of Need, Self-Sufficiency, and Beyond	606	(11)
Mani v. Mani	606	(4)
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §308	610	(1)
American Law Institute, Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations §5.04	610	(1)
Notes and Questions on the Rationales for Postdissolution Support	611	(6)
Problems	617	(1)
``Winding Up'' a Marriage: Applying Theories of Property and Support	617	(49)
Two Couples' Stories	618	(1)
Michael v. Michael	618	(2)
Rosenberg v. Rosenberg	620	(5)
Notes and Questions	625	(3)
Problem	628	(1)
Special Problems in Achieving a Fair Dissolution	629	(1)
Changing Circumstances	629	(1)
Lucas v. Lucas	629	(3)
Notes and Questions	632	(2)
Bankruptcy	634	(1)
In re Werthen	634	(3)
Notes and Questions	637	(3)
Note: The Family Home	640	(1)
Pensions and Employee Benefits	641	(1)
Bender v. Bender	641	(5)
Notes and Questions	646	(3)
Problems	649	(1)
Note: Medical Coverage Following Dissolution (COBRA)	650	(1)
Investments in a Spouse's Future Success: Degrees, Earning Capacity, and Goodwill	650	(1)
In re Marriage of Roberts	650	(2)
Joan Williams, Is Coverture Dead? Beyond a New Theory of Alimony	652	(2)
Notes and Questions	654	(4)
Problems	658	(1)
Taxation	659	(1)
Rykiel v. Rykiel	659	(2)
Notes and Questions	661	(5)
Child Support	666	(25)
Parental Duties	666	(1)
Elisa B. v. Superior Court	666	(1)
Notes and Questions	666	(2)
Imposing Support Obligations: From Discretion to Guidelines	668	(1)
Downing v. Downing	668	(2)
Notes and Questions	670	(6)
Problem	676	(1)
Postmajority Support	676	(1)
Curtis v. Kline	676	(2)
Notes and Questions	678	(3)
Problem	681	(1)
Modification of Child Support	681	(1)
Remarriage and New Families	681	(1)
Pohlmann v. Pohlmann	681	(2)
Notes and Questions	683	(3)
Employment Changes	686	(1)
Olmstead v. Ziegler	686	(2)
Notes and Questions	688	(2)
Problems	690	(1)
Enforcement	691	(24)
Imprisonment: Criminal Nonsupport and Contempt of Court	691	(1)
State v. Oakley	691	(3)
David Ray Papke, State v. Oakley, Deadbeat Dads, and American Poverty	694	(1)
Notes and Questions	695	(3)
The Transformation of Enforcement: From Private to Public Responsibility	698	(1)
Traditional Approach	698	(1)
Congress Intervenes	699	(3)
Evaluation: ``Small Change''?	702	(1)
The Challenge of Multistate Cases	703	(1)
Jurisdictional Limitations on Establishing Awards	703	(1)
Kulko v. Superior Court	703	(3)
Notes and Questions	706	(2)
Problems	708	(1)
Modification and Enforcement	709	(1)
Letellier v. Letellier	709	(3)
Notes and Questions	712	(3)
Separation Agreements	715	(8)
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §306	716	(1)
Notes and Questions	716	(4)
Problem	720	(3)
Child Custody	723	(134)
Introduction: Effects of Parental Divorce	723	(4)
Elizabeth Marquardt, Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce	724	(3)
Parental Disputes Concerning Child Custody	727	(118)
Standards for Selecting the Custodial Parent: What Should Be the Standard?	727	(1)
Presumptions?	727	(1)
Devine v. Devine	727	(2)
Notes and Questions	729	(3)
Best Interests of the Child?	732	(1)
Introduction	732	(1)
Robert H. Mnookin, Child-Custody Adjudication: Judicial Functions in the Face of Indeterminacy	732	(1)
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §402	733	(1)
Constitutional Factors	734	(1)
Race	734	(1)
Palmore v. Sidoti	734	(2)
Notes and Questions	736	(1)
Problems	737	(1)
Religion	738	(1)
Sagar v. Sagar	738	(2)
Notes and Questions	740	(3)
Problem	743	(1)
Fitness	743	(1)
Sexual Orientation	743	(1)
Fulk v. Fulk	743	(3)
Notes and Questions	746	(5)
Careers	751	(1)
Rowe v. Franklin	751	(2)
Notes and Questions	753	(3)
D. Kelly Weisberg, Professional Women and the Professionalization of Motherhood: Marcia Clark's Double Bind	756	(1)
Domestic Violence	757	(1)
Peters-Riemers v. Riemers	757	(3)
Notes and Questions	760	(4)
Joan S. Meier, Domestic Violence, Child Custody, and Child Protection: Understanding Judicial Resistance and Imagining the Solutions	764	(1)
Note: Physical Disability	765	(2)
Joint-Custody: Presumption, Preference, or Option?	767	(1)
Bell v. Bell	767	(2)
Notes and Questions	769	(5)
Eleanor E. Maccoby & Robert H. Mnookin, Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody	774	(1)
Judith G. Greenberg, Domestic Violence and the Danger of Joint Custody Presumptions	775	(2)
Standards Governing the Noncustodial Parent: Visitation	777	(1)
Restrictions on Visitation	777	(1)
Hanke v. Hanke	777	(2)
Notes and Questions	779	(4)
Problems	783	(1)
Denial of Visitation	784	(1)
Turner v. Turner	784	(2)
Notes and Questions	786	(2)
Jessica Pearson & Nancy Thoennes, The Denial of Visitation Rights: A Preliminary Look at Its Incidence, Correlates, Antecedents and Consequences	788	(1)
Standards Governing Parent versus Non-Parent Disputes	789	(1)
Troxel v. Granville	789	(5)
Jones v. Boring Jones	794	(1)
Notes and Questions	795	(11)
Nancy D. Polikoff, This Child Does Have Two Mothers: Redefining Parenthood to Meet the Needs of Children in Lesbian-Mother and Other Nontraditional Families	806	(1)
Problem	807	(1)
The Role of Special Participants	808	(1)
The Child's Preference	808	(1)
McMillen v. McMillen	808	(1)
Notes and Questions	809	(3)
Problem	812	(1)
Representation for the Child	812	(1)
Leary v. Leary	812	(2)
Notes and Questions	814	(3)
Role of Experts	817	(1)
In re Rebecca B.	817	(2)
Notes and Questions	819	(3)
Modification	822	(1)
Standard	822	(1)
Relocation	823	(1)
Ciesluk v. Ciesluk	823	(4)
Notes and Questions	827	(5)
Problem	832	(1)
Jurisdiction and Enforcement	833	(1)
In re Forlenza	833	(3)
Notes and Questions on Jurisdiction and Enforcement	836	(7)
Problem	843	(1)
Note: International Child Abduction	843	(2)
What Process Should Govern Custody Disputes?	845	(12)
The Adversary System versus Mediation Process Elizabeth S. Scott & Robert Emery, Child Custody Dispute Resolution: The Adversarial System and Divorce Mediation	845	(2)
McLaughlin v. Superior Court	847	(3)
Notes and Questions	850	(5)
Coin Flipping	855	(1)
Robert H. Mnookin, Child-Custody Adjudication: Judicial Functions in the Face of Indeterminacy	855	(2)
State Regulation of the Parent-Child Relationship	857	(164)
Parental Autonomy: Family Privacy Revisited	857	(16)
Constitutional Doctrine and Limitations	857	(1)
Meyer v. Nebraska	857	(1)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters	858	(1)
Prince v. Massachusetts	858	(1)
Wisconsin v. Yoder	859	(4)
Troxel v. Granville	863	(1)
Notes and Questions	863	(3)
Problems	866	(1)
Procedural Challenges	867	(1)
Parham v. J.R.	867	(3)
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England v. Heed	870	(1)
Notes and Questions	870	(3)
Problem	873	(1)
Child Abuse and Neglect	873	(127)
Introduction	873	(1)
The Paradox of Privacy	873	(1)
James Garbarino & Gwen Gilliam, Understanding Abusive Families	873	(1)
Child Abuse in Historical Perspective	874	(1)
Peter Stevens & Marian Eide, The First Chapter of Children's Rights	874	(2)
The Abusive Parent and the Abused Child	876	(1)
Brandt Steele, Psychodynamic Factors in Child Abuse	876	(2)
Child Maltreatment 2003: Summary of Key Findings	878	(1)
Standards for Intervention in the Family	879	(1)
Defining the Threshold	879	(1)
In re Juvenile Appeal	879	(4)
Notes and Questions	883	(3)
Parental Privilege to Discipline	886	(1)
Newby v. United States	886	(3)
Notes and Questions	889	(5)
Problems	894	(1)
Neglect	895	(1)
In re A.H.	895	(4)
In re Phillip B.	899	(2)
Notes and Questions on Neglect	901	(6)
Problem	907	(1)
Note: ``Baby Does,'' Disabled Newborns, and Medical Neglect	907	(2)
Emotional Abuse and Neglect	909	(1)
In re Shane T.	909	(2)
Notes and Questions	911	(3)
Sexual Abuse	914	(1)
M.W. v. Department of Children & Family Services	914	(3)
D. Kelly Weisberg, The ``Discovery'' of Sexual Abuse: Experts' Role in Legal Policy Formulation	917	(1)
Notes and Questions	918	(5)
Problems	923	(1)
Procedures	924	(1)
Reporting Requirements	924	(1)
People v. Hodges	924	(3)
Notes and Questions	927	(3)
Evidentiary Issues	930	(1)
Syndrome Evidence	930	(1)
Frenzel v. State	930	(4)
Notes and Questions	934	(2)
Privileges	936	(1)
Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight	936	(2)
Notes and Questions	938	(2)
Problem	940	(1)
Hearsay and the Confrontation Clause	941	(1)
People v. Vigil	941	(4)
Notes and Questions	945	(7)
Dispositional Alternatives	952	(1)
Temporary Dispositions: Foster Care	952	(1)
Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality and Reform (OFFER)	952	(8)
Notes and Questions	960	(6)
Liability for Selection of Disposition	966	(1)
Deshaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services	966	(5)
Notes and Questions	971	(1)
Problem	972	(1)
Monitoring the Provision of Foster Care	973	(1)
Marisol v. Giuliani	973	(5)
Notes and Questions	978	(3)
Permanent Disposition: Termination of Parental Rights	981	(1)
Standard of Proof	981	(1)
Santosky v. Kramer	981	(5)
Notes and Questions	986	(2)
Marsha Garrison, Parents' Rights v. Children's Interests: The Case of the Foster Child	988	(2)
Reasonable Efforts Requirements State ex rel. Children's Services Division v. Brady	990	(4)
The Significance of Emotional Attachment	994	(1)
In re Guardianship of J.C.	994	(3)
Notes and Questions on Brady and J.C.	997	(2)
Problem	999	(1)
Children's Autonomy?	1000	(21)
Emancipation	1000	(1)
State v. C.R. & R.R.	1000	(1)
Notes and Questions	1001	(3)
Problem	1004	(1)
When Can Children Sue Their Parents?	1005	(1)
Tortious Injury	1005	(1)
Buono v. Scalia	1005	(3)
Notes and Questions	1008	(4)
Note: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Statutes of Limitations	1012	(1)
Problem	1013	(1)
``Divorce'' Actions Against Parents	1014	(1)
Ryan v. Ryan	1014	(3)
Notes and Questions	1017	(3)
Problem	1020	(1)
Adoption and Alternatives to Adoption	1021	(128)
Background	1022	(2)
Stephen B. Presser, The Historical Background of the American Law of Adoption	1022	(2)
Parental Consent to Adoption	1024	(14)
Validity and Revocability	1024	(1)
Scarpetta v. Spence-Chapin Adoption Service	1024	(2)
Notes and Questions	1026	(2)
Unmarried Fathers' Rights	1028	(1)
Adoption of Kelsey S.	1028	(4)
Notes and Questions	1032	(5)
Problems	1037	(1)
Choosing an Adoptive Family	1038	(46)
Placement Criteria	1038	(1)
Matching	1038	(1)
In re Baby Boy C.	1038	(4)
Elizabeth Bartholet, Where Do Black Children Belong? The Politics of Race Matching in Adoption	1042	(3)
Dorothy Roberts, Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare	1045	(2)
Notes and Questions	1047	(4)
Sexual Orientation	1051	(1)
Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services	1051	(5)
Notes and Questions	1056	(3)
Problems	1059	(1)
The Attorney's Role	1060	(1)
Stark County Bar Association v. Hare	1060	(3)
Notes and Questions	1063	(3)
Note: Adoption of Children with Special Needs	1066	(1)
Equitable Adoption	1067	(1)
Estate of Ford	1067	(3)
Notes and Questions	1070	(3)
Jurisdiction	1073	(1)
In re Baby Girl Clausen	1073	(4)
Notes and Questions	1077	(4)
Problem	1081	(1)
Note: International Adoptions	1082	(2)
Consequences of Adoption	1084	(18)
Legal Status of the Child	1084	(1)
Stepparent and Second-Parent Adoptions	1085	(1)
Adoption of Tammy	1085	(2)
Notes and Questions	1087	(4)
Secrecy versus Disclosure	1091	(1)
Sealed-Record Laws	1091	(1)
Law Reform	1092	(1)
``Open Adoption''	1093	(1)
Groves v. Clark	1093	(2)
Notes and Questions	1095	(2)
Adoption Failure	1097	(1)
In re Lisa Diane G.	1097	(1)
Daniel Golden, When Adoption Doesn't Work . . .	1098	(2)
Notes and Questions	1100	(2)
Problem	1102	(1)
Alternatives to Adoption	1102	(47)
Artificial Insemination	1102	(1)
Creating Traditional Families	1103	(1)
In re Adoption of Anonymous	1103	(1)
Notes and Questions	1104	(3)
Note: The Rise of Traditional Surrogacy and the Baby M Case	1107	(3)
Problems	1110	(1)
Creating Nontraditional Families	1110	(1)
Elisa B. v. Superior Court	1110	(1)
Gillett-Netting v. Barnhart	1110	(3)
Notes and Questions on Elisa B. and Gillett-Netting	1113	(6)
Problems	1119	(1)
In Vitro Fertilization	1120	(1)
Expanding Reproductive Privacy	1120	(1)
Lifchez v. Hartigan	1120	(2)
Notes and Questions	1122	(5)
Problems	1127	(1)
Deciding the Fate of Frozen Preembryos	1127	(1)
A.Z. v. B.Z.	1127	(3)
Notes and Questions	1130	(4)
IVF's Progeny: Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy, and ``Embryo Adoption''	1134	(1)
K.M. v. E.G.	1134	(5)
Peggy Orenstein, The Other Mother	1139	(1)
Notes and Questions	1140	(6)
Problems	1146	(3)
Table of Cases	1149	(20)
Index	1169