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Family Law
Barbara Glesner Fines1-511 Holmes
235-2380
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Why Family Law? Fundamental understanding of law
Bar preparation generally and specifically
Preparation for practice Foundation for further study
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What will we learn? Doctrine Themes Skills
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Substantive Doctrine
Defining Family Regulating Family Reorganizing Family
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Themes in family law Public v. private
ordering – Should the government regulate family? When? Why? How?
Is the law a good tool for regulating family?
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Who should decide?
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Government? Which one?
Family? Which one? HOW do we decide who
should decide?
Who should decide?
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What Standards? Moral? Social? Economic? Psychological? Legal? Personal?
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What is a Family?
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How do we label families? “Nuclear Family” Single-parent (never-married, divorced,
widowed) Blended (Steps and Halves) Adoptive Foster Extended Non-traditional
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Census definition
“Two or more persons, living in the same household, and
related by blood, marriage or adoption.”
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Census: Families & Non-Families
Non- family
Family
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Family Compositions
Married no kids
Other
Married w/ kids
Solo
Other family
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What is the Law’s Definition of “Family”?
• It Depends: The legal definition of “family”, like the body of family law itself, is not a unitary concept derived from a single area of legislation or a single branch of case law
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What purposes are served by a legal definition of family?
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A legal definition of family: Regulates responsibilities and authority
between individuals. Regulates access to important social
benefits. May confer psychological and social
consequences also.
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What Constitutional Considerations are Implicated by a Legal Definition of Family?
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Characterizing the personal interest affected
“Fundamental interests” or interests affecting “protected classes” require "strict scrutiny"
If not a fundamental interest or protected class, use the "rational basis" test
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Describe the “fundamental interest” the court was protecting in Moore v. City of East Cleveland.
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How might the law define “family”?
Formalism v. Functionalism
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Formalistic Definitions Defines family relationships
according to the model of the traditional nuclear family.
Recognizes only individuals related to each other by the bonds of blood, adoption, or marriage.
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Formalism Favors the traditional “nuclear”
family over all others Clear, predictable standard But, may be both over-inclusive
and under-inclusive.
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Functional Definition of Family
Asks whether a relationship shares the essential characteristics of a
traditionally accepted relationship and fulfills the same human needs.
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Functional characteristics 1. the exclusivity and longevity of the
relationship, 2. the level of emotional and financial
commitment, 3. the manner in which the parties have
conducted their everyday lives 4. held themselves out to society, 5. reliance placed upon one another for
daily family services.
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Reasons for Shift to a Functional Approach
Reflects change in societal makeup
Reflects changes in gender role
May better serve statutory purposes
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Costs of Functional Approach Indeterminant Intrusive Inappropriate
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Interviewing Exercise
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Active Listening truly wish to learn, keep focused on them (not
yourself) verify content verify (non-judgmentally)
emotions.
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Next Class
Constitutional Framework:Read 95-134; 839-870 (Zablocki,
Goodridge & Lawrence) Skim Text pp. 134-48
Mo. Rev. Stat. 451.090; 451.020; 451.030 and 451.022