Fundamentals of Family Law, Second Edition J. Shoshanna Ehrlich

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1543801625
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1543801620

J. Shoshanna Ehrlich s Fundamentals of Family Legislation, Second Edition is a concise model of Ehrlich s Family Legislation for Paralegals, developed to be used in shorter paralegal programs.  The Fundamentals model   supplies college students with the data and expertise they are going to should be efficient paralegals in a busy household regulation observe. With out sacrificing mental integrity and depth of topical protection, the textual content is streamlined so as to emphasize the fabric that’s important for the transition from classroom to workplace.

New to the Second Edition: 

• Marriage (Ch. 1) contains new sections on:
  • The retroactive utility 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 offer wedding-related providers and items to same-sex {couples} based mostly on spiritual objections
  • Whether or not the wedding consent age ought to be raised to guard minors from being pressured into marriage in opposition to their will.
• Home Violence (Ch. 3) now covers: 
  • The use of digital monitoring in home violence instances
  • The likelihood of permitting minors who’re being pressured into marriage to acquire civil orders of safety.
• Youngsters protection expanded to incorporate:
  • In Chapter 5, new sections on the appointment of attorneys to symbolize youngsters in contested custody disputes and issues of parental incapacity in finest 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 baby abuse and compelled marriage as new classes of hurt; expanded definitions of abuse and neglect, together with medical baby abuse and compelled baby 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 baby help.
  • Chapter 7 expanded to incorporate the backlash in opposition to everlasting spousal help awards and the tax remedy of spousal help funds.
  • Protection of digital property in Chapter 8

Professors and college students will profit from:

• The complete vary of household regulation matters in a extra concise format together with marriage and divorce, non-marital households, baby abuse and neglect, and similar intercourse marriage
• Observe-based assignments, real-life examples and pattern kinds
• Clear pedagogy–including chapter summaries, key phrases outlined within the margins, and overview and dialogue questions–helps college students higher perceive the fabric and develop their important pondering and writing expertise.
• Up-to-date protection of all the important thing matters in household regulation, with a constant deal with the work of the paralegal