Family Law for Paralegals, Eighth Edition J. Shoshanna Ehrlich

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1543801668
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1543801668

The Eighth Edition of Family Law for Paralegalscontinues to supply full protection of conventional household legislation subjects with historic context and dynamic cutting-edge points—corresponding to non-marital households, youngster abuse and neglect, and same-sex marriage. J. Shoshanna Ehrlich’s balanced method prepares college students to deal with the work of a paralegal via examples, assignments, and pattern types that mirror authorized follow.

New to the Eighth Edition:

Meticulously up to date with new instances and developments within the legislation all through the e-book, together with new materials on:

• Marriage (Ch. 1) contains new sections on:
  • The retroactive software of Obergefell v. Hodges to backdate marriages of same-sex couple to after they would have married had it been allowed
  • The controversy over whether or not retailers can refuse to supply wedding-related companies and items to same-sex {couples} primarily based on non secular objections
  • Whether or not the wedding consent age ought to be raised to guard minors from being pressured into marriage towards their will.
• Home Violence (Ch. 3) now covers:
  • Using digital monitoring in home violence instances
  • The opportunity of permitting minors who’re being pressured into marriage to acquire civil orders of safety.
  • Employer-initiated restraining orders

• Youngsters protection expanded to incorporate:
  • In Chapter 5, new sections on the appointment of attorneys to symbolize kids in contested custody disputes and concerns of parental incapacity in greatest curiosity determinations
  • In Chapter 11, new part on same-sex {couples} and the institution of authorized parenthood
  • In Chapter 12, consideration of the emergence of medical youngster abuse and compelled marriage as new classes of hurt; expanded definitions of abuse and neglect, together with medical youngster abuse and compelled youngster marriage; and new part on “authorized orphans” and the reinstatement of parental rights.
• Financial Points up to date with:
  • New part in Chapter 6 on the due course of rights of low-income mother and father in civil contempt instances for non-payment of kid help.
  • Chapter 7 expanded to incorporate the backlash towards “everlasting” spousal help awards and the tax therapy of spousal help funds.
  • Protection of digital property in Chapter 8

Professors and college students will profit from:

• Useful real-life examples and pattern types
• Clear pedagogy—together with summaries, key phrases, and assessment and dialogue questions—helps college students higher perceive the fabric and develop their important considering and writing abilities.
• Included instances edited for evaluation on the finish of every chapter.
• Classroom-tested, profitable textual content that’s authoritative and well-structured.
• Quite a lot of assignments for practising lawyering abilities, corresponding to analysis, evaluation, memo writing, and argumentation
• Up-to-date protection of all the important thing subjects in household legislation.