Family Law Power Point Slides

Family Law (Fall 2003)

Professor Rhonda Wasserman

Class 1 (Intro) Class 2 (Premarital Controversies) Class 3 (Prenuptial Agreements) Class 4 (Prenup's, Const. Limits on State Regul. of Marriage)

Class 5 (Const. Limits; Same-sex marriage) Class 6 (Same-sex marriage) Class 7 (DOMA, incest, bigamy) Class 8 (void/voidable, bigamy, age)

Class 9 (age, fraud, licensure) Class 10 (licensure, blood tests) Class 11 (common-law marriage, duty of support) Class 12 (property regimes, duty of support, necessaries, alternative families)

Class 13 (alternative families, unmarried couples) Class 14 (cohabitants' rights inter se) Class 15 (cohabitants' rights vis-a-vis 3d parties; support rights of nonmarital kids) Class 16 (support rights of nonmarital children)

Class 17 (support rights of nonmarital children; rights of unwed fathers) Class 18 (rights of unwed fathers) Class 19 (intro. to divorce; fault-based divorce: adultery; cruelty) Class 20 (cruelty, desertion; fault-based defenses: recrimination)

Class 21 (condonation; intro. to no-fault divorce; proof required; unilateral divorce) Class 22 (unilateral divorce; "living separate and apart"; return-to-fault) Class 23 (return-to-fault; alternatives to divorce) Class 24 (divorce jurisdiction)

Class 25 (durational residency req.; domestic rel's exception to div. jd) Class 26 (domestic rel's exception to div. jd; equitable distribution) Class 27 (equitable distribution; spousal support) Class 28 (spousal support; two couples' stories)

Class 29 (two couples' stories) Class 30 (changed circumstances; bankruptcy) Class 31 (bankruptcy; pensions) Class 32 (valuation of pensions; professional degrees; child support)

Class 33 (child support: different models; high end cases) Class 34 (oblig. to pay for post-secondary education; impact of 2d family) Class 35 (impact of 2d family; changes in employment) Class 36 (changes in employment; enforce- ment mechanisms)

Class 37 (contempt; modern remedies; personal jurisdiction in support actions) Class 38 (UIFSA; jurisdiction; enforcement and modification) Class 39 (FF&C for support orders; separation agreements) Class 40 (child custody: presumptions; best interests of child)

Class 41 (joint custody; visitation) Class 42 (modification, relocation, custody jurisdiction)

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Class 1 (Intro)	Class 2 (Premarital Controversies)	Class 3 (Prenuptial Agreements)	Class 4 (Prenup's, Const. Limits on State Regul. of Marriage)
Class 5 (Const. Limits; Same-sex marriage)	Class 6 (Same-sex marriage)	Class 7 (DOMA, incest, bigamy)	Class 8 (void/voidable, bigamy, age)
Class 9 (age, fraud, licensure)	Class 10 (licensure, blood tests)	Class 11 (common-law marriage, duty of support)	Class 12 (property regimes, duty of support, necessaries, alternative families)
Class 13 (alternative families, unmarried couples)	Class 14 (cohabitants' rights inter se)	Class 15 (cohabitants' rights vis-a-vis 3d parties; support rights of nonmarital kids)	Class 16 (support rights of nonmarital children)
Class 17 (support rights of nonmarital children; rights of unwed fathers)	Class 18 (rights of unwed fathers)	Class 19 (intro. to divorce; fault-based divorce: adultery; cruelty)	Class 20 (cruelty, desertion; fault-based defenses: recrimination)
Class 21 (condonation; intro. to no-fault divorce; proof required; unilateral divorce)	Class 22 (unilateral divorce; "living separate and apart"; return-to-fault)	Class 23 (return-to-fault; alternatives to divorce)	Class 24 (divorce jurisdiction)
Class 25 (durational residency req.; domestic rel's exception to div. jd)	Class 26 (domestic rel's exception to div. jd; equitable distribution)	Class 27 (equitable distribution; spousal support)	Class 28 (spousal support; two couples' stories)
Class 29 (two couples' stories)	Class 30 (changed circumstances; bankruptcy)	Class 31 (bankruptcy; pensions)	Class 32 (valuation of pensions; professional degrees; child support)
Class 33 (child support: different models; high end cases)	Class 34 (oblig. to pay for post-secondary education; impact of 2d family)	Class 35 (impact of 2d family; changes in employment)	Class 36 (changes in employment; enforce- ment mechanisms)
Class 37 (contempt; modern remedies; personal jurisdiction in support actions)	Class 38 (UIFSA; jurisdiction; enforcement and modification)	Class 39 (FF&C for support orders; separation agreements)	Class 40 (child custody: presumptions; best interests of child)
Class 41 (joint custody; visitation)	Class 42 (modification, relocation, custody jurisdiction)