Tag: Family Law
Privilege, Progress, and Paid Family Leave
(Source) The United States has an embarrassing—and for many families, financially, physically, and emotionally devastating—paid family leave problem. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States ranks last in government-mandated paid leave for new parents. Among forty-one nations, the U.S. fails to mandate paid leave for new parents. Individual states have…
29 Jan 2021
Kids & Teens in Quarantine: Considerations for Navigating Co-Parenting During COVID-19
(Source) On April 9th, the ABA Center on Children and the Law, ABA Commission on Youth at Risk, and ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice hosted a webinar regarding the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on child welfare cases. The webinar primarily focused on the federal Children’s Bureau’s March 27th guidance on how family courts…
24 Apr 2020
Morocco’s Divisive Family Law: Harmonizing Tradition and Modernity?
Ann Eisenberg discusses her forthcoming note discussing the new era of Moroccan family law, evaluating the impact of King Mohammed VI’s divisive Moudawana.
8 Sep 2011