Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Publication Information
33 U. Louisville J. Fam. L. 541 (1994-1995)
Abstract
Persons unfamiliar with the American legal system might be dismayed by the variety and inconsistency of developments in domestic relations law during 1993. The key to comprehending family law in the United States is to know that, within the broad parameters set by the Constitution and minimal federal legislation, each of the fifty American states retains substantial constitutional autonomy when regulating domestic relations. As a result, "a hundred flowers bloom" in American family law-in the form of tremendously varied (sometimes diametrically inconsistent) statutes, policies and doctrines. Despite national trends, novelties or developments of potentially broad interest that occur every year, the family law in any particular state may differ significantly from that in any other state as to almost any topic or detail of domestic relations. Given space limitations, this article reviews only the most notable developments in American family law during 1993.
Recommended Citation
Lynn D. Wardle & Margaret F. Brinig,
United States: Deconstructing the American Family - Developments in Family Law During 1993,
33 U. Louisville J. Fam. L. 541 (1994-1995).
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https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/332
Comments
Reprinted with permission of the University of Louisville Law Review (previously University of Louisville Journal of Family Law).