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Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982), is a Supreme Court case involving the burden of proof for the revocation of parental rights.The case arose when the Ulster County, New York, Department of Social Services sought to revoke John Santosky II and Annie Santosky's parental rights to their three children.
In 1970, Virginia made significant reforms to its abortion laws, following the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code. This marked a shift in the state's approach to reproductive rights, aligning its regulations with evolving legal standards. Throughout the following decades, Virginia introduced various regulations impacting abortion access.
The following articles published in the Virginia Law Review are among "The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time": [3] Wilkinson, J. Harvie (2009). "Of Guns, Abortions, and the Unraveling Rule of Law". Virginia Law Review. 95 (2): 253– 323. JSTOR 25478705. Bebchuk, Lucian A. (2007). "The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise". Virginia Law ...
Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, citing a constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children, struck down a Washington law that allowed any third party to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
Prenatal support of the mother and fetus assures recognition of parental rights in 34 states. [5] There is no federal law in place regulating putative father registries. [6] Among all signatory countries only the United States refuses to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child and registries are not regulated under the U.N. Charter ...
(The Center Square) – Supporters of a citizen initiative approved by Washington state lawmakers last year to provide a parents’ bill of rights secured a significant legal victory on Friday. A ...
Two Virginia Beach parents are suing their local school district over its refusal to adopt Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students. A lawsuit ...
The Repeal Act (HB 2491) was a 2019 bill proposed in Virginia by Delegate Kathy Tran that would have repealed some of the state's restrictions on abortion.The bill would have reduced the number of physicians required to approve a third-term abortion (from three to one), and lowered the threshold for that approval to the requirement that there be a medical reason for the abortion, from the ...