Articles
Failure to Protect from Domestic Violence in Private Custody Contests, Family Law Quarterly (2010)
All 50 states and the District of Columbia require courts to consider domestic violence committed...
THE BASIS FOR LEGAL PARENTAGE AND THE CLASH BETWEEN CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT, Indiana Law Review (2009)
In the United States today, we have two legal bases for parentage, biology and function....
A New Paternity Law for the Twenty-First Century: Of Biology, Social Function, Children's Interests and Betrayal, Willamette Law Review (2007)
In 2007 an Oregon law reform commission charged a large work group of more than...
Involving Nonresident Fathers in Dependency Cases: New Efforts, New Problems, New Solutions, Journal of Law & Family Studies (2007)
In contrast to traditional practice, today juvenile courts and child welfare agencies attempt to identify...
An Empirical Study of Parental Responsibility Laws: Sending Messages, but What Kind and to Whom?, Utah Law Review (2006)
Parental responsibility laws impose some form of legal liability on parents for children’s misdeeds. They...
Tracing, Spousal Gifts, and Rebuttable Presumptions: Puzzles of Oregon Property Division , Oregon Law Review (2005)
Same-Sex Unions Around the World: Marriage, Civil Unions, Registered Partnerships -- What are the Differences and Why Do They Matter, Probate and Property (2005)
The ALI Child Support Principles: Incremental Changes to Improve the Lot of Children and, Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy (2001)
A ‘Just and Proper Division:’ Property Distribution at Divorce in Oregon, Oregon Law Review (1999)
Semantics and Policy in Physician-Assisted Death: Piercing the Verbal Veil, Elder Law Journal (1997)
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