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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with ...
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High court sides with Catholic agency in foster care dispute
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Georgia establishing new therapeutic foster care program
ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental and developmental challenges. ...
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Nicole Black: The ethics of accepting Venmo and other online payments
The effects of the pandemic on the practice of law — and on our society overall — will be long lasting and significant. It will ...
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Nauscio Palazzo: The legal risks of a platonic marriage
When a couple decides to tie the knot, they’ll often say they’re marrying their best friend. But what if two actual best friends – no ...
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Michigan task force to look at juvenile criminal justice
LANSING, Mich. — A task force will examine Michigan’s treatment of juveniles in the state’s criminal justice system as well as factors that lead to ...
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Adultery definition expanded to include same-sex couples
CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has expanded the definition of adultery to include same-sex infidelity. The court ruled last week in the ...
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Ducey signs bill making it a crime to encourage teen suicide
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday that makes it a crime for an adult to provide advice or encouragement that a teenager ...
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Nicole Black: The ethics of accepting Venmo and other online payments
The effects of the pandemic on the practice of law — and on our society overall — will be long lasting and significant. It will ...
Read More »Nauscio Palazzo: The legal risks of a platonic marriage
When a couple decides to tie the knot, they’ll often say they’re marrying their best friend. But what if two actual best friends – no ...
Read More »Elizabeth J. McInturff: The enforceability of IVF contracts in a divorce
Referred to in my offices as “Cold War cases,” custody disputes concerning frozen pre-embryos are more prevalent in recent years. Seemingly no one is immune ...
Read More »Child Advocacy: The foster parent in child welfare proceedings
Recently, a question has arisen concerning whether foster parents should automatically be identified as parties in Child In Need of Assistance (“CINA”) proceedings, thereby expanding ...
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