Family Law for Paralegals: [Connected eBook with Study Center] 10th Edition

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on Casebook Connect, including academic lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Ehrlich's Family Law for Paralegals, Tenth Edition is a comprehensive and class-proven introduction to Family Law, written in an accessible and engaging style.TheTenth Edition, by J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, presents a balanced approach to family law, preparing students for paralegal work through examples, assignments, and sample forms that are integral to legal practice. The book provides comprehensive coverage of family law topics, including historical context and current issues such as adoption and LGBTQ rights, child abuse and neglect, Intimate Partner Violence, and conventional and same-sex marriage cohabitation agreements.New to the Tenth Edition:Examination of the growing backlash against marriage equality rights for same-sex couples, including a landmark ruling: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023) and Lloyd v. NicetaAnalysis of Intimate Partner Violence and reproductive coercive control in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturning Roe v. WadeProbes into digital abuse, which including a range of harmful behaviors like:Deepfakes using AIDoxingHacking into smart devices that can create the impression an abuser is omnipresentA new discussion on the co-occurrence of child and partner abuse, including recent federal and state legislative efforts to prioritize the needs of at-risk children, such as by considering the existence of protective orders when making custody and visitation ordersDiscussion of the emerging backlash against "permanent" spousal support awardsEssential topics like:The marital presumption of legal paternity/parentageParentage rules when a child is conceived with donor spermExploration of Infant Safe Haven Laws, including the controversial practice of using baby boxes for the drop-off of newbornsDiscussion of the challenging question of what happens to an adoption if the rights of the birth parents are restored, a reversal of the underlying decision to terminate their rightsIntroduction to the emotional impact on children of being relinquished for adoptionProfessors and students will benefit from:Actual cases and sample formsClear pedagogy — including summaries, key terms, and review and discussion questionsIncludes case examples for analysis at the end of each chapterWell-structured text that has been classroom-provenA varied set of assignments for improving legal skills, such as research, analysis, memo writing, and argumentationCurrent coverage of all the key family law topics Read more