Family Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Family Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Collectively, these laws deal with matters of significant impact on family relationships, particularly adoption, divorce, custody, and abuse. While some family law matters may be handled without counsel, processes such as divorce and child custody often require the skill and expertise of a skilled attorney. Family law also involves the prevention of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Tax Law and Funding Future Education: A More Attractive Way to Save for College

Parents of college-bound children were thrilled when Qualified State Tuition Programs were first introduced. (See, Saving for College: A Tax-Favored Strategy, White and Williams Executive Newsletter, Summer 2000.) Now the news has gotten even better ...
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Temporary Orders

In many cases it is necessary for one of the parties to obtain temporary orders from the court effective until the matter is finally resolved. These temporary orders often include (but are by no means limited to): Payment Of Attorney Fees and ...
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Termination of Florida Guardianships

Under Florida law, there are six primary reasons for terminating a guardianship: Most guardians are very familiar with the procedures necessary to create a guardianship, however, more than a few guardians could use a refresher as to the procedures ...
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Texas Divorce Law: Easing the Strain on the Children of a Marriage

Texas has experienced an increase in case filings involving the rights, duties and obligations of divorcing parents and their children. Divorce is a fact of modern society that greatly influences our nation's children. In fact, forecasters are ...
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The 70th Session Of The Nevada Legislature: An Overview

The 1999 Legislative Session was historic. For the first time in our state's history, the Legislature was limited to 120 days pursuant to a voter-mandated amendment to the State Constitution. Despite this limit on the length of the session, the ...
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The 1998 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines

THE 1998 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINESOne Version of the U.S. Federal Poverty MeasureThere are two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: The are the original version of the federal poverty measure. They are updated each year by the ...
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The Administration’s Response to Questions about the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, I

Below are a series of answers that respond to some of the questions about the State Children's Health Insurance Program that have been raised by states, providers, consumers, and others. The list is not all-encompassing and there are many other ...
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The Court-Appointed, Surrogate Decision Makers, Guardians and Conservators

NOVEMBER 6, 2002 Advances in health care and in treatment of diseases in our society have resulted in longer life expectancy. Unfortunately, the gains we have made in improving our physical well-being have not been matched with longevity in our ...
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The Health and Human Services 1996 Poverty Guidelines

There are two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: The are the original version of the federal poverty measure. They are updated each year by the Census Bureau (although they were originally developed by Mollie Orshansky of ...
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The Link Between Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Prior to enactment of P.L 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act of 1996: o Individuals who received AFDC cash assistance or who were deemed to have received AFDC were automatically eligible for Medicaid. (Section ...
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