The Year 2021 in Review

Domestic Relations

Review of 2021-2022 in Family Law: Getting Back to Normal

Linda D. Elrod

In 2021, there seemed to be fewer federal cases impacting family law, but in terms of state cases, there appeared to be more parentage issues. There were also numerous grandparent custody and visitation cases.

Domestic Relations

Review of Hague Cases: 2021

Robert G. Spector

In this article, we discuss the evolution of the law concerning the Hague Abduction Convention in the year following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in Monasky v.Taglieri and before the Court’s 2022 decision in Golan v. Saada.

Domestic Relations

New Family Law Statutes in 2021: Selected State Legislation

New York Law School Family Law Quarterly Editors; Edited by Carolina Abdullah, April Pacis, and Lisa F. Grumet

Based on annual Charts published in this Year in Review issue, we offer helpful summaries and context for 30 new family law statutes that were enacted in 2021 by legislatures in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

Domestic Relations

Charts 2021, Family Law in the Fifty States, D.C., and Puerto Rico

New York Law School Family Law Quarterly Editors

We introduce the two new annual family law Charts—parentage and domestic violence. We include six other Charts on topics such as divorce and alimony/maintenance; child custody; child representation in child welfare proceedings; and child support.

Domestic Relations

Family Law Quarterly: Index to Volume 55

This Index provides a compendium of articles by author name and by title for the quarterly issues of Volume 55.