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John Lande has posted to SSRN Overcoming Roadblocks to Reaching Settlement in Family Law Cases, 40 Family Advocate 26 (Winter 2018). Here is the abstract: In “litigation as usual,” settlement often comes only after adversarial posturing, the original conflict escalates, the relationships deteriorate, the process takes too long and costs too much, and nobody is really happy...

Brief of Amici Curiae Family Law Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance in Kitchen v. Herbert. This amici curiae brief was filed in the United States Circuit Court for the Tenth Circuit on behalf of 40 family and child welfare law professors in Kitchen v. Herbert, the federal case The amici brief seeks to provide the...

Michael J. Higdon has posted to SSRN his article Biological Citizenship and the Children of Same-Sex Marriage.  Here is the abstract: In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not, consistent with the Due Process Clause, deny same-sex couples the right to marry. To allow otherwise, said the Court, would “harm and humiliate the children...

Each unhappy couple is unhappy in its own way—but at least part of that unhappiness may be related to women’s professional success. A new study by Swedish researchers found that women who begin their marriage either earning less than their husband or not working at all, are significantly more likely to get divorced if their career...