Editor’s Note: The Year 2023 in Review

I am pleased to introduce our annual Year in Review issue that surveys 2023 court decisions and changes in state statutory law from across the country. In Review of Law in the 50 States in 2023: ICWA Survives and State Courts Tackle Thorny Jurisdictional Issues, Family Law Quarterly (FLQ) Editor Emeritus Professor Linda Elrod discusses 2023 federal and state court cases on significant family law topics. Changes in state family law legislation are highlighted in Charts 2023: Family Law in the Fifty States, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and in New Family Law Statutes in 2023: Selected State Legislation. The charts were updated and the article was written by FLQ editors at New York Law School (NYLS) under the leadership of Executive Law-in-50 Editors Alexa Gonzalez ’24 and Nora Kelly ’24 and Student Editor in Chief Alexandra Ogunsanya ’24.

Congratulations to all NYLS student editors for their work in researching, writing, and editing for this issue, and to ABA Managing Editor Susan Lorimor, Director of Digital Publishing Kyle Kolbe, and Copy Editor Betsy Blumenthal for their work in producing this issue. Thank you also to the FLQ Board of Editors; the ABA Family Law Section Council and 2023–24 Chair Brian Karpf; Family Law Section Director Cindy Swan and Associate Director Danielle Pruger; NYLS Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell, Dean of Faculty William P. LaPiana, and Senior Associate Dean Matt Gewolb; the NYLS faculty, administration, and staff; and Diane and Arthur Abbey.

We hope you enjoy this issue and welcome your feedback. Best wishes to you and your families.

Lisa F. Grumet
Editor in Chief, Family Law Quarterly
Director, Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families
Professor of Law
New York Law School