Shawna has just begun working at the family law office where her brother has worked for thirty years. In discussing the nature of a contemporary family law practice, she asks him how the nature of family law and policy has evolved over the past forty years. What are some of the changes her brother may include in his response?
What will be an ideal response?
The introduction of no-fault divorce; a focus on equitable/equal division of property as the primary economic event upon divorce; increased use of ADR; erosion of parental autonomy and increased recognition of third party rights to parent; improved enforcement of child support orders to reduce the costs of public assistance; increased federal regulation of family law matters; a movement towards gender equity in the family law context; and increased access of same-sex couples to spousal rights.
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