Family Law: Children

The Honourable Landon Pearson's domestic and global advocacy efforts with, for, and on behalf of children and young people have unfolded over a per...

America's foster care system has a noble goal—to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families—but years ...

American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human de...

No federal law in the United States requires that egg or sperm donors or recipients exchange any information with the offspring that result from th...

A gripping explanation of the biases that lead to the blaming of pregnant women and mothers. Are mothers truly a danger to their children’s healt...

The best interest of the child is an overriding principle in all matters of family law, especially in child custody cases. The Best Interests of Ch...

Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a ‘family’? What is a ‘family tie’?...

In this bold and timely work, law professor Jeffrey Shulman argues that the United States Constitution does not protect a fundamental right to pare...

This volume provides an authoritative, evenhanded overview of the Trump administration's family separation and child detention policies at the U.S....

This account of six families whose children were wrongly seized by child protection services vividly illustrates the constitutional balancing act w...

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together… The Watsons are no strangers to sibli...

Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. Frustrated by his life and the way he lives it, he is sustained only by ...

The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about s...

A gripping explanation of the biases that lead to the blaming of pregnant women and mothers. Are mothers truly a danger to their children’s healt...

'Stunning . . . Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love' -Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatA parent's deeply mo...