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  2. Karly's Law - Wikipedia

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    Karly's Law was first introduced as House Bill 3328 in 2007. It was created as a result of the death of Karly Sheehan in 2005. Karly was a three-year-old girl who died as a result of neglect and abuse from her mother's boyfriend, Shawn Wesley Field.

  3. 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16 - Wikipedia

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    Oregon's five Democratic members of Congress also filed a brief in support of the State's position. [16] United States Solicitor General Paul Clement argued on behalf of the Bush administration, which challenged Oregon's right to regulate the practice of medicine when that practice entails prescribing federally controlled substances.

  4. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

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    The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. [1] The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States , the District of Columbia , Guam , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands .

  5. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.

  6. Uniform Parentage Act - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) is a legislative act originally promulgated in 1973 by the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws.The 1973 original version of the act was created to address the need for new state legislation, because at the time the bulk of the law on the subject of children born out of wedlock was unconstitutional or led to doubt. [1]

  7. Child support in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division [52] Michigan child Support Formula, [53] based on the Income Shares model [13] Family Independence Agency [54] Minnesota Stat. Ann. §§ 518.551 et seq. [55] Child Support Enforcement Division Minnesota Worksheets Mississippi Code §§ 43-19-101 et seq. [56] Division of Child Support ...

  8. Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will ...

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    Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small ...

  9. Joint custody (United States) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In the United States, there are two forms of joint custody, joint physical custody (called also "shared parenting" or "shared custody") and joint legal custody. [2] In joint physical custody, the lodging and care of the child is shared according to a court-ordered parenting schedule with equal or close to equal parenting time.