Jun 1, 2020 | Article, Family, Katharine K. Baker
By Katharine K. Baker Abstract As rates of cohabitation rise, and marriage becomes a status reserved almost exclusively for socio-economic elites, the scholarly calls for family law to recognize more nonmarital families grow stronger by the day. This Article unpacks...
Mar 1, 2018 | Article, Family, Margaret Ryznar
By Margaret Ryznar Abstract The United States Supreme Court has not articulated the appropriate level of scrutiny for judicial review of interferences with the parents’ care, custody, and control of their children, despite determining it to be constitutionally...
Mar 1, 2018 | Article, Family, Jessica Dixon Weaver, Law and Race
By Jessica Dixon Weaver Abstract This essay expounds on the shifting motivation for adoption in the United States using a critical race feminist theory lens to explore how adoption remains wedded to marriage, the control of wealth, and family identity. These three...
Mar 1, 2018 | Article, Beverly Caro Dureus, Family, Religion
By Dr. Beverly Caro Dureus Abstract Professor Joseph W. McKnight and I were colleagues for fifteen years. On one occasion prior to his death, as he passed by me in the hallowed halls of Storey at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, he asked,...
Dec 1, 2013 | Article, Family, Joseph W. McKnight, Shanin Turner Brevig
By Joseph W. McKnight and Shanin Turner Brevig Abstract Same-sex unions, whether formal or informal, remain unrecognized under Texas law. Nevertheless, Texas appellate courts dealt with disputes concerning same-sex marriages that were recognized by other states and...
Dec 1, 2010 | Comment, Elizabeth Mills Viney, Family
By Elizabeth Mills Viney Abstract The right to one’s family is a core institution in our country and a vital interest in our society that “undeniably warrants deference and, absent a powerful countervailing interest, protection.” The right of a...
