Family Law – Fifty State Summary of Recent Cases
The most recent issue of the ABA’s Family Law Quarterly includes a case digest of recent decisions from the fifty states covering most issues in family law. Organized topically, each summary gives you the state, citation, and a one-paragraph overview of the holding. The cases cover the period from approximately August 31, 2012 through August 31, 2013.
The topics covered are:
- Adoption
- Agreements (premarital, postmarital, separation)
- Alimony/spousal support/maintenance
- Alternative Dispute resolution
- Assisted conception
- Attorneys (ethical issues, fees, malpractice)
- Child abuse
- Child custody and visitation
- Child support
- Cohabitation
- Dissolving the marital relationship
- Domestic violence
- Marriage
- Names
- Paternity
- Property division
- Torts
See Family Law in the Fifty States: 2012-2013: Case Digests 47 Fam. L.Q. 571. Family Law Quarterly is available in WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, and in print.