By analyzing a Tennessee bigamy case, a New York same-sex marriage case, and the growing cultural trend toward cohabitation over marriage, this article discusses how and why marriage is the best estate plan to protect vulnerable parties as they age. The article examines how marriage assists...

Indiivduals who find themselves in the midst of marital struggles may need a divorce lawyer, or they may be looking for alternatives to divorce. Often such family law clients wish to preserve their family for the sake of their children, or to preserve family wealth. The family law attorney who...

When the Supreme Court of the United States expanded marriage to same sex couples in Obergefell, that decision became a game-changer for women in three areas. First, Obergefell changes women's relationships with men. Second, it affects and alters equality for women in many ways. Third,...

The opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Windsor is express in its affirmation of the right of states to regulate family law; it affirms state power at least twenty-nine times. In repudiating the federal definition of marriage, Windsor seems to uphold state...

Ask a child what she wants to know about her parents, and herself, and she'll likely respond, according to her age, with something having to do with her search for meaning in life. A child, particularly one approaching young adulthood, wants to know what her origins are and what they mean for...

This article examines the many wayward turns taken by various factions of feminism and offers a new paradigm. Section I covers background; Section II explains a realistic alternative; Section III discusses genuine universalism (rather than a gender-based apartheid) where men and women live...

We have found that integrating spiritual values and principles with traditional law school courses enriches both teacher and student, yielding a lawyering product that is priceless to society. This article focuses on three key areas. Section I, the most critical part of the article, consists of...