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The Parentage Puzzle: Making Sense of California Parentage Law
By Deborah H. Wald
State Bar of California Family Law News Volume 33, Number 1 (2011)
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- Integrated approaches to resolving same-sex dissolutions
by Frederick Hertz, Deborah Wald, and Stacey Schuster
Conflict Resolution Quarterly Volume 27 Issue 2 (Winter 2009)
ABSTRACT
Mediating same-sex dissolutions requires a nuanced awareness of how dramatically the legal landscape for lesbian and gay couples has changed in recent years, as well as an ability to demonstrably appreciate and respond to the complex emotional issues at stake in such mediations. The newly emerging norms of same-sex marriage, domestic partnership, and co-parenting arrangements lead to changing expectations in the context of these social and legal frameworks, but they have also created challenges resulting from the patchwork of changing and inconsistent laws. This article explores how mediators can best integrate the recurring emotional dynamics of such dissolutions in their mediation practice
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- Who is A Parent? Determining Parentage in Non-Traditional Families (*.pdf file)
Updated March 2011
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- The Parentage Puzzle: Interplay Between Genetics, Procreative Intent, and Parental Conduct in Determining Legal Parentage
Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law, June 2007
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Ashcroft v. ACLU: Should Congress Try, Try, and Try Again, or Does the International Problem of Regulating Internet Pornography Require an International Solution?
by Katherine H. Reder
North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page 139, December 2004
