The Year 2020 in Review

Domestic Relations

Review of the Year 2020 in Family Law: COVID-19, Zoom, and Family Law in a Pandemic

Linda D. Elrod

COVID-19 shut down courts across the country starting in March 2020. Despite the health crisis and social and political turmoil, lawyers and judges rose to the challenge of navigating a justice system run remotely.

Domestic Relations

Proceedings Under the Hague Child Abduction Convention: 2020

By Robert G. Spector

Most U.S. international family law litigation involves the Hague Child Abduction Convention and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act. Federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction to decide a request to return a child.

Domestic Relations

Charts 2020: Family Law in the Fifty States, D.C., and Puerto Rico, Part 1

[PDF Download] We introduce the first four of eight new family law charts: 1. Divorce and Alimony/Maintenance Statutes; 2. Child Custody Statutes; 3. “Nonparent” Custody and Visitation Statutes; and 4. Child Representation in Child Welfare Proceedings Statutes.

Domestic Relations

Index to Volume 54

This Index provides a compendium of articles by author name and also by title for the quarterly issues of Volume 54.