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Book Description:
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:Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court s decision upholding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act In re Marriage Cases, the California Supreme Court decision invalidating the state ban on same-sex marriageBailey v. Faulkner, a heart-balm action against the couple s pastorGonzalez v. Green, recognizing contracts between same-sex partners, and Beth R. v. Donna M., recognizing a valid foreign same-sex marriageState v. Carswell, upholding the constitutionality of the state domestic violence statute in light of the state DOMAIowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Morrison, a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney who became sexually involved with a divorce clientRichardson v. Richardson, an unsuccessful effort to modify a separation agreement by a former husband whose wife tried to hire a hit man to kill himFinstuen 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 andJacob v. Shultz-Jacob, a ruling that a child can have three legal parentsNew excerpts since publication of the casebook include:the validity of ceremonial Islamic weddingsan epilogue on Loving v. Virginiathe testimony of Jessica Gonzales (plaintiff in Castle Rock v. Gonzales ) before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rightsa narrative on Moore v. City of East Cleveland child maltreatment statisticsOther additions and updates since publication of the casebook include:eleven new Problemsaging in the gay and lesbian communitythe constitutionality of the death penalty for child rapethe forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to Crawford v. Washingtononline dating fraudproxy marriagenaming practicesrecent amendments to the FMLA and VAWAnew paid family leave legislationfirearm restrictions and domestic violencediscrimination against same-sex couples in housing and employmentthe Don t Ask-Don t Tell policy in the militarypaternity disestablishmentbankruptcy reformchild support enforcementcustody disputes between members of same-sex couplesgrandparent visitationrepresentation of children in custody and abuse casesparental relocationchild abductionhome schoolingchild abuse reportingtransracial adoption, international adoption, and open adoptionthe legal status of sperm donorsposthumous conceptiongestational surrogacy